So Close the Hand of Death
“Not only was it beautifully huge in the Southern style of miniature Taras, there were tricycles, toys, multiple discarded gloves and a small batterypowered minicar parked on the front lawn, damning evidence of a juvenile invasion. Children’s laughter rang in the air, shouts of joy that made Taylor’s stomach hurt. When was the last time she’d been so innocent and carefree? So very happy?
They pulled up to the curb, watched as a gang of little boys tore around the edge of the house into the dead ...grass of the front yard. Playing cowboys and Indians, it seemed, all bundled up against the cold.
Taylor smiled. She did love kids, so long as they weren’t hers.
She and Baldwin wended their way through the game to the front porch. One of the boys, a towhead with incredibly light blue eyes, stopped to gawk at them. When Taylor grinned at him, he picked his nose and ran off toward the back of the house.
“Charming,” Taylor said.
“Little boys,” Baldwin replied. There was something strange in his tone.MoreLess
They pulled up to the curb, watched as a gang of little boys tore around the edge of the house into the dead ...grass of the front yard. Playing cowboys and Indians, it seemed, all bundled up against the cold.
Taylor smiled. She did love kids, so long as they weren’t hers.
She and Baldwin wended their way through the game to the front porch. One of the boys, a towhead with incredibly light blue eyes, stopped to gawk at them. When Taylor grinned at him, he picked his nose and ran off toward the back of the house.
“Charming,” Taylor said.
“Little boys,” Baldwin replied. There was something strange in his tone.MoreLess
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