America America
“Then he says, “The Oaks.”
“Yes?”
“That’s what they’re calling it.”
“Calling what?”
“The new place. The mall.”
It’s a little easier for him to talk now because we’re out of the hills. We’re coming down from our regular outing in the Shelter Brook Set-Aside, the land that Liam Metarey preserved. Every week, we take a meandering hike up the short slope that looks over the last stretch of undeveloped terrain between the old Silverton Orchards and Saline.
“Well,” I say, “I gu...ess there’s nothing I’d put past them. Just surprised I hadn’t heard about it.”
“Don’t worry.” He turns up his boot sole to pick a stone out of it. “You’re only a newspaper guy.”
He rubs his hands, then leans them on his knees to rest.
“Last to know,”MoreLess
“Yes?”
“That’s what they’re calling it.”
“Calling what?”
“The new place. The mall.”
It’s a little easier for him to talk now because we’re out of the hills. We’re coming down from our regular outing in the Shelter Brook Set-Aside, the land that Liam Metarey preserved. Every week, we take a meandering hike up the short slope that looks over the last stretch of undeveloped terrain between the old Silverton Orchards and Saline.
“Well,” I say, “I gu...ess there’s nothing I’d put past them. Just surprised I hadn’t heard about it.”
“Don’t worry.” He turns up his boot sole to pick a stone out of it. “You’re only a newspaper guy.”
He rubs his hands, then leans them on his knees to rest.
“Last to know,”MoreLess
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