One Day the Wind Changed (2010)
“Final check. Crickets chirred in the brittle yellow brush beside the streets. He thought of that Lorca poem—how did it go?—The boy was looking for his lost voice. / The King of the Crickets had it.
Stephen inspected the sidewalks, the storefronts, and the awnings. He glanced up Main Street. The bank. The public school. Wouldn’t Sherrie love this place? It was paradise.
But Sherrie was back in Texas. It was clear from that first day, as soon as the men showed up, that she wouldn’t come with him....
Stephen walked over to the school, made sure the main door was locked, and remembered the building he’d been working on when the black sedan pulled up, the men got out and asked for him. It was an elementary school in Brazoria County, south of Houston, on the edge of a large rice paddy—crowded beyond its capacity with the kids of low-wage workers. The school district had hired Stephen to design a few new classrooms, a more usable space. They’d given him a budget of twenty thousand dollars.MoreLess
Stephen inspected the sidewalks, the storefronts, and the awnings. He glanced up Main Street. The bank. The public school. Wouldn’t Sherrie love this place? It was paradise.
But Sherrie was back in Texas. It was clear from that first day, as soon as the men showed up, that she wouldn’t come with him....
Stephen walked over to the school, made sure the main door was locked, and remembered the building he’d been working on when the black sedan pulled up, the men got out and asked for him. It was an elementary school in Brazoria County, south of Houston, on the edge of a large rice paddy—crowded beyond its capacity with the kids of low-wage workers. The school district had hired Stephen to design a few new classrooms, a more usable space. They’d given him a budget of twenty thousand dollars.MoreLess
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