The white moth of hope fluttered before her face.

“The car drives through, stops while the man closes and fastens the prickly gate…”

“It's hard to say goodbye for good at any time or any place. It's harder still t…”

“A raging, glowering full moon had come up, was peering down over the side of th…”

“And then, with a shock like high-voltage coursing through me, the phone beside …”