Mocked At The Graveside — I Smiled Because The Truth Was Already In Motion

the first time, about the word Derek had used at the cemetery. Irrelevant. She rolled it over in her mind the way you roll a stone that has been in your pocket too long, familiar and worn smooth.

Her father had spent thirty years being called that word in various forms by people who judged his worth by the size of his house and the age of his car. He continue reading …