Three Thugs Knocked on the Old Man’s Door Thinking He Was Easy Prey — They Had No Idea What Was Waiting Inside

— the man behind it. The person who had also been young once, who had also made choices that sent him down a particular road, who had also sat in rooms with people who frightened him and found his way through.

The old man drank his tea.

He hoped the youngest one went somewhere different. He had the eyes for it — the watching, assessing eyes that could continue reading …