The gate was a simple latch, but I didn't need to go inside. I could see it all from outside the gates, the pain, the agony and the small patch of comfort provided by the cheery eternal resting place.
I turned back around and whistled to Boone, whose nose was buried in a gopher hole. He reluctantly pulled his snout free and followed me back to the town square. The sun was beating down hard on the dry patch of ground. I raked my hair back with my fingers and wiped my forehead with the back of my hand.
I walked to the fountain and stood in front of it, squinting up at the horses jumping up from the base of it, hooves curved high in the air like rearing stallions. The water spouts clamped in their stone teeth were caked with algae and mineral deposits.
I could have left Butterfield right then, turned back along the cracked and crumbling sidewalk and away from the depressing little town. I could have driven off and never looked back.
The moat of weeds surrounding the base of the fountain crunched under my shoes as I climbed into the bottom tier. My fingers wrapped around a long tall weed that had anchored itself at the base of the first horse. I yanked the spindly weed free, tossed it out of the fountain and scooted around to the next weed.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Wingman Sneak Peek
Copyright
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
About the Author