Three Green Notebooks Left in a Cedar Chest on Elm Street

that back lot,” she said. “We could do so much good with the proceeds.”

I realized then that Arthur had not told her about the stakes at all.

I found Arthur in his living room at two that afternoon. The house was quiet, smelling of beeswax and dry wood, with the pale autumn sun cutting through his lace curtains.

He was sitting at his oak trestle table,continue reading …