North Carolina Boundary Lines Drawn on an Oak Desk

with something.”

“I do not need a plaque, Donald,” I said.

“It is not a plaque,” he said, his voice dropping to that low, resonant cadence he used in the pulpit. “It is just some people who want to say thank you for keeping the map straight.”

“I was doing the job the county pays me to do,” I said. “And Sarah needs to learn how to close the ledger without continue reading …