““the heavens know.” Harris County receded behind them, its grasses thinning like hair over bald spots of sandy loam that started to line the side of the road. Pines began to appear, clumps of them tangled together in black silhouettes against the slate of the sky. Hetty’s eyes followed them up . . . and there it came. The rain. Cold sheets of it washed down from the clouds onto their windshield, swallowing up the Wichita truck on their tail. Garret would slow down until an orange speck would fl...are up in the distance, getting closer and closer until it chugged up on their rear. Mists drew into the trees, giving the forests a Nordic look. Hetty shivered, a thrill of cold and expectation. She was heading north to a whole new life and had no idea what it would be like. In spite of having Kirby Allen for a father, she’d never been in an oil field, just seen one from a distance. She wondered what she and her husband would find. Would this rain really go on for forty days and forty nights?MoreLessRead More Read Less
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: