Death's Half Acre (2008)
“. . the cotton’s tied up in burlap sheets waiting to be weighed: my mother picked 385 pounds in one day!
How, I said, could you do that . . .
—Fiddledeedee, by Shelby Stephenson FRIDAY AFTERNOON The doorbell pealed through the condo unit and the two lawmen heard Dee Bradshaw call from inside, “I’ll get it, Dad.”
Even though Terry was now in a serious long-term relationship himself, Dwight heard his friend’s sharply indrawn breath when the young woman opened the door and they were confronted by ...a mass of reddish brown hair, bright green eyes, black skintight biker pants, and a black bandeau top that left almost nothing to the imagination.
Mourning attire for the next generation, thought Dwight, trying not to admit to himself that he was looking, too, and wondering if that top ever slipped all the way down.
“Oh,” she said, obviously disappointed that they weren’t someone else. “I guess you want to see my father?”
“And you, too, Miss Bradshaw,” Dwight said, as she stood back to let them in.MoreLess
How, I said, could you do that . . .
—Fiddledeedee, by Shelby Stephenson FRIDAY AFTERNOON The doorbell pealed through the condo unit and the two lawmen heard Dee Bradshaw call from inside, “I’ll get it, Dad.”
Even though Terry was now in a serious long-term relationship himself, Dwight heard his friend’s sharply indrawn breath when the young woman opened the door and they were confronted by ...a mass of reddish brown hair, bright green eyes, black skintight biker pants, and a black bandeau top that left almost nothing to the imagination.
Mourning attire for the next generation, thought Dwight, trying not to admit to himself that he was looking, too, and wondering if that top ever slipped all the way down.
“Oh,” she said, obviously disappointed that they weren’t someone else. “I guess you want to see my father?”
“And you, too, Miss Bradshaw,” Dwight said, as she stood back to let them in.MoreLess
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