A Hole in the Universe
A Hole in the Universe
““Leonardo! Leonardo! Come on, Leonardo, come on, boy,” Jada called from her top step. Head down, Gordon hurried next door, not wanting to see the girl. Or anyone, for that matter. He had alienated the only people he cared about. Dennis blamed him because Lisa had taken the children and left. He hadn’t seen Delores in days. But how could he reconcile her affair with a married man while condemning his brother for the same sin? Delores said he didn’t know how to forgive because he had never forgiv...en himself. She didn’t understand. Acceptance was the greater struggle. Forgiveness was words, an easy chant to numb the sin, until with time the loss no longer really mattered or deserved its raw place in the heart.
He rang the bell with his good hand. The cut was healed, but the slightest pressure set it throbbing again. He had tried to get his job back, but the moving company had hired someone else. All he had left was thirteen dollars. He couldn’t even afford the newspaper, so every afternoon he went to the drugstore and copied the want ads from the classifieds.MoreLess
He rang the bell with his good hand. The cut was healed, but the slightest pressure set it throbbing again. He had tried to get his job back, but the moving company had hired someone else. All he had left was thirteen dollars. He couldn’t even afford the newspaper, so every afternoon he went to the drugstore and copied the want ads from the classifieds.MoreLess
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