Carolina Man
“He closed his eyes, holding on to the smoke to smother his nerves; opened them at the sound of his brother’s footsteps crossing the courthouse parking lot.
Matt glanced at the cigarette and then at Luke’s face and didn’t say anything.
The lawyer had told Luke to wear his service uniform to court. To sway the judge, he knew. Luke didn’t much like leveraging the uniform, but he accepted the lawyer’s reasoning. Always win. The only unfair fight is one you lose.
Matt was in a jacket and tie. Luke couldn’t recall the last time he’d seen his brother the waterman all dressed up. Somebody’s wedding? Somebody’s funeral? And then he remembered. Josh’s first communion.
Tess Saltoni Fletcher might slip off by herself most Sundays to attend mass at the tiny Franciscan retreat house on the island. But she’d insisted that every one of her kids receive the Catholic sacraments.
Dawn hadn’t been religious, not that Luke could remember. He wasn’t himself, beyond the muttered petitions of every man on th...e battlefield—God, don’t let this fucking M4 jam—or prayers for the dead and dying.MoreLess
Matt glanced at the cigarette and then at Luke’s face and didn’t say anything.
The lawyer had told Luke to wear his service uniform to court. To sway the judge, he knew. Luke didn’t much like leveraging the uniform, but he accepted the lawyer’s reasoning. Always win. The only unfair fight is one you lose.
Matt was in a jacket and tie. Luke couldn’t recall the last time he’d seen his brother the waterman all dressed up. Somebody’s wedding? Somebody’s funeral? And then he remembered. Josh’s first communion.
Tess Saltoni Fletcher might slip off by herself most Sundays to attend mass at the tiny Franciscan retreat house on the island. But she’d insisted that every one of her kids receive the Catholic sacraments.
Dawn hadn’t been religious, not that Luke could remember. He wasn’t himself, beyond the muttered petitions of every man on th...e battlefield—God, don’t let this fucking M4 jam—or prayers for the dead and dying.MoreLess
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