Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

of both, her fingers twisting the plastic zipper of her jacket up and down.

“He left the check uncashed for a reason, Clara,” I said.

Clara looked down at her shoes, her foot finally stopping its anxious tapping. She took a deep breath of the cold morning air, her shoulders dropping as she turned away from the empty window sill and looked toward the continue reading …