“It was early Saturday evening. The sun had already set, and the sky was pink through the bare tree limbs by the duck pond. It had been a beautiful, warm day—weather-casters called it the warmest November 8 on record—but now, without cloud cover, the temperature was down to the mid-forties, and dropping.Clyde shivered a little in his work clothes—black slacks, black Nikes, black socks, and a white button-down shirt, neatly pressed. He wasn’t wearing a jacket—the country club provided the black j...acket and tie he wore while busing tables—and he’d told his mother it was too warm for a parka, a mistake, as it turned out. He had to stamp his feet and blow on his hands to stay warm.As a dirty yellow Geo approached, Clyde raised his hand to signal the round-faced girl behind the wheel. She pulled over, and Clyde opened the door to high-volume ska music. The girl’s name was Manda Will, and when she grinned up at Clyde he could see the wide space between her two front teeth.“Hey,”MoreLessRead More Read Less
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