Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

to linger.

Robert sat at the far end of the table, his gold-rimmed spectacles resting near his left hand.

He did not clear his throat.

Evelyn sat directly across from him, her hands clasped tightly in her lap, her knuckles white against her dark wool skirt.

The board chairman, a retired bank vice president named Thomas, held the original continue reading …