So how do we get rid of it? What’s wrong with it again? The hole. It’s the hole. Can’t we patch it? No, we can’t patch it. Maybe cover it. We could cover it. A little wood on the bottom or something. It’s not just the hole. It’s the wheels. The wheels? The wheel. It’s …
“You gotta put holes in the top. Sara had killed one of ‘em like that. Dad said it died in the jar because it had no air to breathe. Bugs breathe too, you know, Grandma? I don’t know what they eat so you gotta let them out in the morning, but not too early or …
“You, you going to stay in that bed all day?” “Just trying to get lucky.” “Oh,” he finally stammered. His face was flushed but his eyes could not leave her face. No one was supposed to be in that room. He was just supposed to put on new sheets and take out the trash like …
