Chapter 065 – The Sheriff’s Visit
Chapter 65 - Chapter 065 – The Sheriff’s Visit
Sheriff Reeves stopped by after the texts surfaced.
He brought tomatoes from his garden and placed them on my porch rail like tribute.
“Thought you might need something that isn’t paper,” he said.
I laughed.
We sat on the porch while dusk settled.
“Do you think I’m cruel?” I asked him.
“No.”
“You didn’t think about it.”
“I didn’t need to.”
I looked toward the road.
“They are still my children.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
“And they left me.”
“Yes.”
Both truths sat between us.
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He did not try to make them hold hands.
That was why I trusted him.
