”
He looked like he wanted to hit me and hug me, maybe both. Instead he crumpled the edge of the paper in his fist.
“Patricia has no idea how bad this is,” he said.
“I figured.”
“She thinks if we can get through January, her sister’s gonna lend us enough to catch up.”
“Her sister sent the wire marked HELP?”
That got him.
He shut his eyes.
“Yeah.”
I nodded once.continue reading …
