Where did you get that ring

whoever speaks loudest. I pray I’m wrong. But if I’m not, this box is your protection.

I stopped reading.

My tears dropped onto the paper.

Henry had known.

He had seen what I refused to see.

I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand and forced myself to continue.

The house is not theirs. The hardware building is not theirs. The lake parcel is not theirs. continue reading …