The Crab Trap
“Read the name on the line, Mr. Arceneaux,” the agent said, and he laid the transfer form flat on the table in front of me. I read it out loud, …
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The Pump Truck
“Mr. Chambers, I never signed that letter, and I would like to see the fax itself,” I said. The tournament operations official, a gray haired man in a polo shirt …
The Pump Truck Read MoreThe Masa Bowl
“Read it, abuela,” Daniela whispered, and she pressed the second paper into my hands beneath the table, where nobody could see. I put on my reading glasses with fingers that …
The Masa Bowl Read MoreThe Vacuum Cleaner
“It is on that paper, Bishop, because I sold the company that owns that lift,” I said, and I stood in the aisle of the sanctuary with my hands at …
The Vacuum Cleaner Read MoreThe Popsicle Cooler
“It is mine, Pastor,” I said, quietly, so that the children would not hear the worst of it. “Ten weeks ago, I sold Ambrose Nursery and Landscape for eight million, …
The Popsicle Cooler Read MoreThe Extension Cord
“Pastor, he took my stage trailer from my warehouse in Cullman and put it up for sale,” I said, and I said it into the silence under the oaks, where …
The Extension Cord Read MoreThe Pasture Gate
“It belongs to the company that bought mine, Reverend,” I said, and I said it into the stillness of the tent, with three hundred faces turned toward me. “Eight weeks …
The Pasture Gate Read MoreThe White Hat
“Because they bought my hat designs, Deacon,” I said, and I laid my white church hat on the table beside the envelope. “Two months ago, they paid me three million, …
The White Hat Read MoreThe Wedding China
“Pastor Reid, they are writing to me because they bought my choir robe designs,” I said, and I opened the white envelope on the kitchen table, on top of the …
The Wedding China Read MoreThe Cypress Lamb
“Because they bought my nativity figures, baby,” I said, and I set the little cypress lamb down beside the envelope. “Nine weeks ago, they paid me three million, six hundred …
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