They Charged Toward My Wife Until I Said Five Words That Made the Task Force Team Stop Cold

and put her hand over his, briefly, the way she sometimes did, not requiring anything from the gesture except that it be made.

“I’m all right,” she said.

“I know,” he said. “I can see that.”

Outside, Oakwood Drive continued its Wednesday evening. Roy could hear a car pass, distant and unhurried. A dog somewhere was contributing to the general neighborhood continue reading …