Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

” Clara said, snapping a rubber band around the bills. “You are chasing ghosts.”

She swept the cash into her purse and pulled the zipper shut with a sharp, metallic snap.

“I am going to the bank,” she said.

She left the house before I could offer to drive.

I took my car to the public library on Fourth Avenue, where the county microfilm continue reading …