I Let Him Finish Laughing First

those redevelopment funds in March. He told me the delays were permitting. You stole from the city.”

Nobody had expected the old man to join in.

Lenora sure hadn’t.

“Hollis,” she said, doing that smile again, “please sit down.”

He didn’t.

“I vouched for your family,” he said. “You used my name.”

Then he sat, very suddenly, like his knees had filed a complaint.continue reading …