Mark checked both ways before turning the corner.
Back on night duty, which was okay. Kinda. It was hard to get enough sleep in the daytime. But it freed time during the day to help Mom, and do his own chores. On his nights off, and it was dark outside, he just wanted to sleep and not clean his house. Maybe watch TV, but he was gone so much, that he found himself out of touch with whatever was the popular TV series at the moment.
Around the square again.
He hadn’t scoured the outskirts of the county much lately. There had been too many accidents right close to Osceola, so there hadn’t been time.
He drove toward the highway and stopped at the stop sign. The convenience store was busy. End of day purchases. Pick up the milk for breakfast because the kid would be hungry before school. Buy
