The Englisher
“He clicked out of the Churchill Downs Web site, having navigated around each location on the site for a solid hour. Stomach growling, he headed to the small galley-style kitchen and opened the fridge and the seethrough vegetable drawer for some lettuce and half a tomato. Then several slices of smoked turkey, the allimportant mayo, and two pieces of dark rye.
He dropped a handful of ice into the largest glass mug in the cupboard—a gift he’d received for being a groomsman for his good buddy’s wed...ding last year. Back before everything broke loose. . . .
When he’d finished making the sandwich, he cut it in half diagonally, as his mother always did. He remembered as a boy lifting the lid on his Aladdin lunch box and finding the sandwiches halved. One of Mom’s trademarks. That and the cored whole apple, wrapped in aluminum foil. Why she didn’t quarter it and cut out the seeds like his classmates’ mothers did, he’d never known.
While eating his lunch, he flipped through his mail, spying an overnight letter from his mom, which included his Social Security card.MoreLess
He dropped a handful of ice into the largest glass mug in the cupboard—a gift he’d received for being a groomsman for his good buddy’s wed...ding last year. Back before everything broke loose. . . .
When he’d finished making the sandwich, he cut it in half diagonally, as his mother always did. He remembered as a boy lifting the lid on his Aladdin lunch box and finding the sandwiches halved. One of Mom’s trademarks. That and the cored whole apple, wrapped in aluminum foil. Why she didn’t quarter it and cut out the seeds like his classmates’ mothers did, he’d never known.
While eating his lunch, he flipped through his mail, spying an overnight letter from his mom, which included his Social Security card.MoreLess
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