“It was hard to believe that not three hours before, a tornado had ripped through Throckmorton County, leaving trees uprooted, barn roofs gone, sheet metal wrapped around trees. The mesquite trees looked like a bunch of pranksters had toilet-papered half the county, but in reality it was wet shredded paper from businesses on south of Throckmorton that had gotten hit harder than Dry Creek. “I’ve never seen mesquite look like that,” Lizzy said as Deke drove them all back to town. “All the leav...es have been stripped off the limbs and replaced with paper. It’s kind of eerie.” “I saw it once or twice down around Muenster,” Toby said. He’d had more than two hours to think about that comment he’d been about to make in the cellar and had changed his mind about voicing it. The hatch had opened at the exact right moment to keep him from saying anything more. Granny Dawson used to say that sometimes fate stepped in to help us out when we’re about to make a big, big mistake.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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