An Elderly Couple Watched Their House From Afar Until Everything Changed

“Get the blue one too, Walt,” Helen called back into the house. “And don’t forget your swim trunks.”

There were no swim trunks. There was no trip.

Walter Garza, seventy-three years old with a bad knee and a worse poker face, appeared in the doorway holding a second empty suitcase. He grimaced, shifting it from one hand to the other, acting like he was continue reading …