The Last Twilight
“Mother and wife gone, a child dead, money tight—the possibility of catastrophe was practically banging down the door. Not that Frank Kinn had ever let it get him down. He was a fan of Aunt Eller from Oklahoma! and of her one perfect sentiment: that people were about as happy as they made up their minds to be. It was something he never let Rikki forget.
Be strong. Don’t give up. Don’t lose your goddamn head.But this was something that might have given even him, Mr. Pollyanna, a bit of pause.She ...lay on the ground, on a clean white sheet under the failing afternoon sun. The material was soft and smelled fresh from the dryer, even though one of the blond men had shaken it loose from his pack. Eddie was nearby, on a similar sheet. He lay very still. His breathing was shallow. Blood flecked his nostrils and the corner of his mouth. The dart still jutted from his shoulder.Broker sat beside her. No conversation. No explanations. Not even a cackle or some waggling of a sinister eyebrow. Rikki would have preferred that.MoreLess
Be strong. Don’t give up. Don’t lose your goddamn head.But this was something that might have given even him, Mr. Pollyanna, a bit of pause.She ...lay on the ground, on a clean white sheet under the failing afternoon sun. The material was soft and smelled fresh from the dryer, even though one of the blond men had shaken it loose from his pack. Eddie was nearby, on a similar sheet. He lay very still. His breathing was shallow. Blood flecked his nostrils and the corner of his mouth. The dart still jutted from his shoulder.Broker sat beside her. No conversation. No explanations. Not even a cackle or some waggling of a sinister eyebrow. Rikki would have preferred that.MoreLess
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