Meteors in August
““He’ll be fine by the time that scratch heals,” said Dr. Ben, chuckling. “In a week or so people should have something else to talk about.” The doctor laughed again, but Mother was not amused.
Father stayed home from work, lying on his bed like a man who expected to die. Half the people in town had seen him go after the big Indian, and the other half claimed they were there. He was a sooty-faced madman. His followers conveniently forgot how they’d cheered him on. Dean Macon was a lone fool.
Bes...ides that, Arlen had put it in his head that he could have been the one hanging from his own shirt in that cell, and my father believed it in a way. I think Myron’s death made him afraid of what could happen to a man who exposed himself to Miriam Deets. Father could never do what Myron had done, but he’d laid himself bare all the same, and the things he wanted from that girl took on a new meaning. He figured he’d better lie low and stay out of fate’s path.
Mother didn’t leave the house for days in a row.MoreLess
Father stayed home from work, lying on his bed like a man who expected to die. Half the people in town had seen him go after the big Indian, and the other half claimed they were there. He was a sooty-faced madman. His followers conveniently forgot how they’d cheered him on. Dean Macon was a lone fool.
Bes...ides that, Arlen had put it in his head that he could have been the one hanging from his own shirt in that cell, and my father believed it in a way. I think Myron’s death made him afraid of what could happen to a man who exposed himself to Miriam Deets. Father could never do what Myron had done, but he’d laid himself bare all the same, and the things he wanted from that girl took on a new meaning. He figured he’d better lie low and stay out of fate’s path.
Mother didn’t leave the house for days in a row.MoreLess
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