A bruised silence descended on the van.

“That's what it is to love someone: to give whatever you can while taking what y…”

“...like the way a child hankers for a holly berry. He don't know it's poison, h…”

“FIRST TIME I LAID eyes on Laura McAllan she was out of her head with mama worry…”

“I had a few pricks of conscience- seeing Henry's pajama bottoms hanging forlorn…”