Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

a client at her boutique. “We should have it demolished before the ground freezes.”

She made a quick notation on her clipboard, her pen scratching against the paper.

I watched her walk toward the gravel driveway, leaving deep heel marks in the soft soil.

At two in the afternoon, the light in my third-floor studio was flat and perfect continue reading …