Too Late, Richard
colder than usual in
his hostility a si
upied. He acted as if our c
ings into a single duffel bag.
heard a crash f
shed
. It was a cheap thing I'd bought at a county fa
d?" I asked,
is was Mommy's favorite
, that wasn't your mot
"You're always trying
at the bro
in the scene. Ethan's tear-strea
" Richard's v
orse!" Ethan cried,
on unreadable. "Sarah, you know ho
en ask. He j
r's," I said quie
d. "Just clean it up. And
rier mix I'd brought with me from Montana. He was
dn't greet me at the door
him in t
ng still.
a new, expensive-looking p
he stammered. "He ran out
my face. I knelt bes
. He saw me, saw
ce har
de," he said, h
ard looked at me. There w
n acciden
g, Richard." My
. He loved that dog
belief warring with
o Ethan. See to hi
k into the house, leavin
ld felt