Country Hardball
“I’m sorry for your loss,” he whispered. Hands in his pants pockets, he slid his thumbs into his fists, squeezed until his knuckles ached. “I’m sorry for your loss.”
The man in front of him turned around, lifted his glasses to his forehead. “What was that?”
“Nothing. Sorry.” Rusty swallowed, felt his Adam’s apple jump, tight against his collar, against the clip of his tie.
The man turned away as Jake slid in next to him, punched him in the shoulder. “Dude, ’sup?”
Rusty didn’t turn. He looked at ...the back of the man in front of him, the white edge of the man’s shirt collar, a knife-edge standing a quarter inch above his jacket collar. Over the man’s shoulder, Rusty saw the line snaking through the hall, imagined it as it turned between the pews, to the front of the sanctuary where Staci McMahen’s family stood, squeezing hugs into cries.
The church was quiet now, a dull murmur, after the deputies escorted F. T. Pribble out.
“Is that …?” a woman had asked when Pribble walked in from the parking lot.MoreLess
The man in front of him turned around, lifted his glasses to his forehead. “What was that?”
“Nothing. Sorry.” Rusty swallowed, felt his Adam’s apple jump, tight against his collar, against the clip of his tie.
The man turned away as Jake slid in next to him, punched him in the shoulder. “Dude, ’sup?”
Rusty didn’t turn. He looked at ...the back of the man in front of him, the white edge of the man’s shirt collar, a knife-edge standing a quarter inch above his jacket collar. Over the man’s shoulder, Rusty saw the line snaking through the hall, imagined it as it turned between the pews, to the front of the sanctuary where Staci McMahen’s family stood, squeezing hugs into cries.
The church was quiet now, a dull murmur, after the deputies escorted F. T. Pribble out.
“Is that …?” a woman had asked when Pribble walked in from the parking lot.MoreLess
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