When Brandon was seven, his parents bought a plot of wooded land fifteen minutes from their small house with the intention of building on it. Two years of plans, dreams, contractor meetings, and permit filing later, they began to the process of removing trees and breaking ground. Brandon was fairly uninterested in the process itself,…
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5. Happy Hour
Brandon pushed through the front doors of the furniture gallery into the hot, dusty afternoon. There weren’t a lot of warm days left like this, he thought as he shielded his eyes against the slanting autumn sun. Across the lot, he saw Anthony, leaning against his car, cell phone to his ear. Damn, he looked…
1. The Slip
Brandon raised his eyebrows as Anthony threw his Hunters into the back of the Jeep. It was an involuntary action, but Anthony noticed. “What?” Anthony asked, pausing in his preparations. Most of what they needed was already haphazardly pitched into the battered vehicle. Brandon’s heart fluttered. “What, what?” Brandon feigned ignorance. His attempt at nonchalance…
