The Coldwater Warm Hearts Club (2016)
“Then someone might take me in and feed me and keep the rain off my head. And if I was a dog, I’d dream of chasing rabbits, instead of the Cong. That’d be even better than three hots and a cot.
—Lester Scott, Private First Class, Honorably Discharged, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. Left his wife ten years ago. Never paid a dime in alimony.
When Jake stepped into the alley to take out the trash, he nearly tripped over Lester Scott on the Green Apple’s back sto...op. The homeless vet had been camping there since Jake had invited him to use the covered alcove in case it rained. Last night, Jake had left one of his pillows for the old man. He was glad to see that Lester had claimed it. The blue pillowcase peeked out of the fellow’s pack, a surprising spot of relative cleanliness amid the general grime.
“How you doing today, Lester?”
“Fair to middlin’, marine.”
“Did Ethel bring you some lunch?”
Lester nodded and lit a half-smoked cigarette.MoreLess
—Lester Scott, Private First Class, Honorably Discharged, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Purple Heart. Left his wife ten years ago. Never paid a dime in alimony.
When Jake stepped into the alley to take out the trash, he nearly tripped over Lester Scott on the Green Apple’s back sto...op. The homeless vet had been camping there since Jake had invited him to use the covered alcove in case it rained. Last night, Jake had left one of his pillows for the old man. He was glad to see that Lester had claimed it. The blue pillowcase peeked out of the fellow’s pack, a surprising spot of relative cleanliness amid the general grime.
“How you doing today, Lester?”
“Fair to middlin’, marine.”
“Did Ethel bring you some lunch?”
Lester nodded and lit a half-smoked cigarette.MoreLess
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