Just Down the Road
“He’d been sitting there since before dark and hadn’t gotten up to turn on a light, so he knew they couldn’t see him.
When they turned onto his property, he wondered what he’d done wrong, but he couldn’t think of anything lately. In fact, he had barely been off the property since he drove home from Buffalo’s after dancing with the doc more than a week ago. Still, the urge to run from trouble tempted him, even though he’d learned a long time ago that was impossible.
Slowly, silently, he stood and... watched them moving toward him. Until he noticed them, he’d been enjoying the night. He liked this time of year, the stillness of late summer just before it turns to fall. It had taken him a long time, but he’d finally taught himself not to think or worry about anything, but just be.
The sheriff stopped twenty feet from the house, and the deputy behind her climbed out of his car and into the front seat of hers. No one else seemed to be in either car, but still the deputy waited behind.MoreLess
When they turned onto his property, he wondered what he’d done wrong, but he couldn’t think of anything lately. In fact, he had barely been off the property since he drove home from Buffalo’s after dancing with the doc more than a week ago. Still, the urge to run from trouble tempted him, even though he’d learned a long time ago that was impossible.
Slowly, silently, he stood and... watched them moving toward him. Until he noticed them, he’d been enjoying the night. He liked this time of year, the stillness of late summer just before it turns to fall. It had taken him a long time, but he’d finally taught himself not to think or worry about anything, but just be.
The sheriff stopped twenty feet from the house, and the deputy behind her climbed out of his car and into the front seat of hers. No one else seemed to be in either car, but still the deputy waited behind.MoreLess
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