Winter At the Door (2015)
“He’d rushed into the job, wanting to put it behind him, figuring that if she came home, she’d believe him, that he was only trying to help. Which in the end she had, because she trusted him, as over the past week he’d worked hard to make sure she would.
But Spud hadn’t figured on that suspicious friend of hers showing up just when he did. Man, that was close … Pedaling fast on his bike toward home through the icy night, Spud wondered what the guy in the van would say if he knew.
But the...n he stopped wondering, because the answer was that the guy probably wouldn’t say anything. He’d just do something.
And Spud wouldn’t like that thing.
He wouldn’t like it at all. Cruising past the high school with its dark, silent windows and empty athletic field, Spud felt a pang of hopeless longing go through him, for the days when he thought “getting good grades” and its equally hopeless partner in his ambitions, “being popular,”MoreLess
But Spud hadn’t figured on that suspicious friend of hers showing up just when he did. Man, that was close … Pedaling fast on his bike toward home through the icy night, Spud wondered what the guy in the van would say if he knew.
But the...n he stopped wondering, because the answer was that the guy probably wouldn’t say anything. He’d just do something.
And Spud wouldn’t like that thing.
He wouldn’t like it at all. Cruising past the high school with its dark, silent windows and empty athletic field, Spud felt a pang of hopeless longing go through him, for the days when he thought “getting good grades” and its equally hopeless partner in his ambitions, “being popular,”MoreLess
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