Two Black SUVs Rolled Into My Aunt’s Backyard

“Do I ever?”

Sandra, passing by, muttered, “You want the full list?”

Even Pierce cracked half a smile at that.

Good. Tiny bit of oxygen.

Then it was gone.

Because from somewhere beyond the neighbor’s hedge came the crunch of tires on gravel where no tires should’ve been.

The Thing He Really Wanted

We froze.

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