If These Walls Could Talk (2011)
“That expense she and Milo took on just last year, all for naught. The dirt, when they’d finished packing the hole and spreading the rest of it, didn’t add the height they’d hoped it would. On top of that, the grass seed they planted didn’t seem to have any roots to it; it didn’t hold the dirt together. A hole had formed in the same spot and begun to spread in spidery lines, and now their yard had more cracks in it than the top of a molasses cookie. The recent rains only made it worse. Once agai...n, the breaks in the soil ran toward the house and were perilously close to the wood columns that held up the deck.
She dreaded having to show this to Milo, but of course she could hardly keep it from him.
“Goddamn it!”
Dawn stood mute, allowing Milo to rant, the way she knew he would.
“Fuck!” he shouted again, clearly not caring if the neighbors heard him. Then he spoke normally. “What did we spend to fix this, two, two hundred and fifty dollars? We might as well have taken that money and thrown it in the damn lake.MoreLess
She dreaded having to show this to Milo, but of course she could hardly keep it from him.
“Goddamn it!”
Dawn stood mute, allowing Milo to rant, the way she knew he would.
“Fuck!” he shouted again, clearly not caring if the neighbors heard him. Then he spoke normally. “What did we spend to fix this, two, two hundred and fifty dollars? We might as well have taken that money and thrown it in the damn lake.MoreLess
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