Chesapeake Blue
“The sun was summer-hot on his back, with an August weight to it that drenched the skin and set the brain to dreaming.He wore nothing but cut-off jeans and a pair of wire-rim sunglasses.He liked looking through them at the way the light beat down from a hazy blue sky and smacked the water. And he thought, idly, that he might just set the pole aside in a bit and slide right in to cool off.The water lapped lazily against the hull of the little pram with blue sails tied to the dock. A jay was bitch...ing in the trees, and when a stingy little breeze passed by, it carried a hint of roses from a bush that had lived there longer than he.The house was quiet. The lawn leading to it was lush and freshly mown. He could smell that, too. Newly cut grass, roses, lazy water. Summer smells.It didn't strike him as odd, though it was still spring. Something had to be done, and he wished to God he knew what, to keep that house quiet, the air summer-peaceful. And his family safe.He heard the yip of a dog, then the scrambling of canine feet on the dock.MoreLess
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