Madrid Iowa Orchard Owners Stand Against a Counterfeit Prophecy for Two Thousand Twenty Six

of paper in my hand.

The handwriting was in the same blue ink, the letters slanting sharply to the right with the distinctive double-loop on the ‘d’ in Madrid.

At the bottom of the slip, Marcus had written: ‘Received twenty dollars for firewood.’

Except he had not spelled it received.

I stood perfectly still, my eyes locked on the letters continue reading …