On His Knees
She was a good student. She always got right to work after the assignments were given, and stayed with it until she was finished. She didn’t ask a lot of questions, and her grades were usually on the good side. She often seemed disinterested in school, and I could see why. She lived in aRead More
Blood Payment
I sat there, in the family car, and fumed. I glared at the parking lot in front of me, willing it to say one word at me, and I’d argue it back to the street. Because the parking lot was…
Hole in the Ground
“Every young man should have the fun of digging a hole in the ground,” the 70-plus year old man told me, as he stood next to the hole I was digging to install a sprinkler system in the yard adjoining…
Rumor Has It
He was one of those kids who failed most of his way through school. Although definitely not because he was lazy. I had watched him the last couple of years with interest as he neared my room and the grades…