My Brother Brought a Moving Truck to My New House

and call if I found anything out of place.

Then he paused at the porch steps and looked back at the lake.

“Nice house,” he said.

“Thank you.”

He gave one short nod. “Keep your paperwork.”

“I will.”

After they left, the silence came back in pieces.

First the engine noise faded.

Then the birds started up again in the trees.

Then I could hear the water against continue reading …