This night air was filled with low-hanging clouds. The kind…
Verdi eased into the bedroom and listened for Rowe’s snoring,…
Johnson punched the dashboard in the rented maroon Grand Am…
Kitt creamed her fingers for the new back she was…
Already Verdi could feel the levity inside of her that…
Rowe and his estranged wife, Penda, were at it again…
Johnson got to Sage’s party first. Before Posie who had…
There was space between them. This pair of lovers who’d…
Kitt and Posie communicated across the dining-room table as they…
Verdi called Kitt the first chance she got the day…
Verdi’s chest closed at the thought of sharing a meal…
Verdi ended up taking the whole day off. Called her…
Johnson held Verdi for more than a little while. Held…
This time Verdi told Rowe that she’d gone to Kitt’s.
Verdi went on like that for the next month. Vacillating…
This Friday evening in May and Rowe was headed home…
Posie would live at least through the night. They didn’t…
The maroon Grand Am was familiar to Johnson now as…
Hortense rushed into the hospital waiting room and the quiet…
Rowe didn’t know for how long he’d even been standing…
Verdi left Kitt and her mother keeping their vigil over…
The bedroom reverberated with Sage’s nighttime breaths and the air…
Sage woke all at once with the sensation that a…
Verdi slept like a lamb with Sage curled up against…