Sweet Water
“The rain became a deafening deluge and distracted her from her thoughts. No doubt, tomorrow there would be flash-flood warnings.
Before Terry Ledger could return to her mind, she muttered into the storm, “Be strong, Marisa.”
**** An uneventful week passed in Agua Dulce. The sun baked the landscape. The spring heat, usually bearable, had been made uncomfortable by the humidity that came with May’s thunderstorms. The café’s swamp cooler struggled, but failed in its purpose.
Another week passed. O...ther than an intense calm shrouding everything in sight and the temperature climbing into the nineties, nothing changed in a discernible way. No town meetings occurred, none of the citizens came to Marisa expecting her to do something for them and Ben stayed sober except for a six-pack of Coors a day. Only Ben and a few traveling strangers came into Pecos Belle’s to eat.
Terry Ledger had been gone from his mobile home the whole time. In an odd way, Marisa had started to feel as if she had imagined him.MoreLess
Before Terry Ledger could return to her mind, she muttered into the storm, “Be strong, Marisa.”
**** An uneventful week passed in Agua Dulce. The sun baked the landscape. The spring heat, usually bearable, had been made uncomfortable by the humidity that came with May’s thunderstorms. The café’s swamp cooler struggled, but failed in its purpose.
Another week passed. O...ther than an intense calm shrouding everything in sight and the temperature climbing into the nineties, nothing changed in a discernible way. No town meetings occurred, none of the citizens came to Marisa expecting her to do something for them and Ben stayed sober except for a six-pack of Coors a day. Only Ben and a few traveling strangers came into Pecos Belle’s to eat.
Terry Ledger had been gone from his mobile home the whole time. In an odd way, Marisa had started to feel as if she had imagined him.MoreLess
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