They Doubted His Pine Trees Until Nineteen Eighty Eight Proved Him Right

“Six years is enough for trees to become visible.”

“And if nothing bad happens?”

He looked up. “Something bad always happens on land. That’s why you prepare before it comes.”

Emily studied him. “Is that what you did when Mama got sick?”

The question hit him harder than Buck Harlan ever had. Tom closed the notebook. “No,” he said. The kitchen clock ticked.continue reading …