Looking Through Darkness
“when Leigh Ann drove up a narrow but paved street in a small housing development just east of Kirtland Central High School, along old Highway 64.
“Okay, we’re here. The house number matches, so this is where Irene Largo lives, according to Del. I knew that name sounded familiar. Del dated one of the Largo girls a while back,” Leigh Ann said, pulling into the driveway of a modest stucco home with a metal roof and decorative window shutters. A light blue minivan was parked close to the door, and,... as she stopped, someone parted a window curtain and looked out.
While Leigh Ann walked around to help Melvin out, the front door of the house opened and a Navajo woman in her mid-thirties came out onto the concrete stoop. “May I help you?” she asked, reaching out to grab a small child trying to squeeze past.
“Back inside, sweetie,” the woman said to the child. “Irene, could you take Amy?”
“Coming.” It was the voice of a teenage girl. Hearing it, Leigh Ann gave Melvin’s hand a squeeze as he stepped out of the Jeep.MoreLess
“Okay, we’re here. The house number matches, so this is where Irene Largo lives, according to Del. I knew that name sounded familiar. Del dated one of the Largo girls a while back,” Leigh Ann said, pulling into the driveway of a modest stucco home with a metal roof and decorative window shutters. A light blue minivan was parked close to the door, and,... as she stopped, someone parted a window curtain and looked out.
While Leigh Ann walked around to help Melvin out, the front door of the house opened and a Navajo woman in her mid-thirties came out onto the concrete stoop. “May I help you?” she asked, reaching out to grab a small child trying to squeeze past.
“Back inside, sweetie,” the woman said to the child. “Irene, could you take Amy?”
“Coming.” It was the voice of a teenage girl. Hearing it, Leigh Ann gave Melvin’s hand a squeeze as he stepped out of the Jeep.MoreLess
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