The Missing Ring
I turned over the last page and laid it face up beside the lemon cake, and I let the whole table read it for themselves. It was a letter on …
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The Mineral Lease
I took the last page out of the folder and turned it over on the table next to the pecan pie, and I read it in the same voice I …
The Mineral Lease Read MoreThe Copper Penny
I took the last page from the folder and set it on the card table under the glow of the paper lanterns, between the banana pudding and the half empty …
The Copper Penny Read MoreThe Citrus Spoon
I turned over the last page and laid it on the table beside the tollbooth cake, with the key lime pie sweating at my elbow. It was a bank form, …
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I nodded to Gus, and I picked up the last page and held it high so the entire fellowship hall could see it. Two hundred people had stopped breathing. The …
The Kolaczki Plate Read MoreThe Safe Photo
I turned over the last page and laid it on the table in front of my daughter, between the sweet potato pie and the gumbo. It was a transcript, typed …
The Safe Photo Read MoreThe Coconut Cake
I slid the last page across the table, past the plates of dumplings and fried okra, and set it down in front of my daughter. It was a single sheet, …
The Coconut Cake Read MoreThe Pawn Ticket
I turned over the last page and laid it on the picnic table beside the banana pudding. It was a single sheet, signed and dated that morning in the office …
The Pawn Ticket Read MoreThe Feed Ledger
I came down the steps of the camper with the ledger held against my chest, a seventy seven year old woman in a church hat that I had put on …
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Three hundred people turned around in their chairs, and the whole barn seemed to tilt toward Table 14. I put down the juice box, folded my napkin, and rose from …
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