Through the Hatch Jeremiah stared from the back seat of the car. The old gas station did not look like a place to find a drug dealer. The young man gripped the gun tighter. His hand slipped, but he caught himself. He looked at the large man again. The man looked forward as if he […]
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The Interrogation The house was yellow, and Isaiah hated the color. Even as he flew forward and slammed into the steering wheel as the car stopped, he thought of how much he hated the color. It was a tepid yellow, and it had grown even weaker from age. Now, it looked more like dirty white.
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Goodbye Daniel Fleet Jeremiah’s back arched. Though the top of the desk pushed his head forward and down, he would strain his neck up to look out of the desk every few seconds. What was there to see behind the desk? Besides the bottom frame of a window and the soles of Hosea’s shoes, little
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Entering The Office Ezekiel reached into his pocket. He felt the cold brass of the shells as he pulled out a handful. Fear made his heart wither within him, but he did not stop moving toward the door. And in some sort of defiance of that fear, he flipped the shotgun upside down and
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Pixie Isaiah shifted to try to find a more comfortable position in the chair, but nothing helped. It was already a long day. Professor after professor had droned on as he sat through class after class. The balmy dusk of summer was beckoning outside the window, and he wished for nothing more than the
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Hosea leaves for boot camp. In the past, war is just around the corner. In the present, Hosea and his brothers wait for the men in the hallway to break down the door.
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Twelve years ago, Hosea went off to war. He thought he made his peace with that decision. In the present, Hosea finds himself in Daniel’s office with an intruder at the door.
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And a Little Bit of Nausea “Keep his head from knocking into stuff.” Daniel glanced back as he spoke. “Got it,” Jeremiah answered. He held Hosea’s head still with one hand. Careful not to touch any of the vomit, he held Hosea’s body still with the other hand. The car rumbled under
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Junkie, Junkie Jeremiah, the youngest Fleet brother, turned from his back to his side. The trunk was small and dark, and he groaned as the vehicle went over another bump and a metal hook in the trunk jabbed into his side. Jeremiah swore at the city for its poor road maintenance. He swore at
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Finding Hosea Fleet “So, if you turn right, right here, that’ll take you to Ansel,” the woman said. She seemed in an even better mood than when she had talked to him at the door. She pointed down the same road she had pointed down as before. “And how far do I go
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