Chapter 2Halfway across the country, days later, a new angel dropped in on a couple he had only met once while mortal. Jefferson and Daniel accompanied him, to offer apprenticeship, of sorts. Finneus and Russel had familial angels on the other side, of course, ancestors and dearly departeds, but this one was assigned to Russel and Finn for a reason.
“They’re as cute as I remember,” the angel said, upon laying eyes on them again.
A light snow illuminated by the porchlight fell that Monday after Black Friday, just enough to dust over the grassy areas, not roadways or stairs.
“Watch those steps.” Finn had been telling Russel that since 2018, because of the time Russel fell down all forty-seven of them while heading out for a pre-morning jog.
“Always.” Russel hadn’t even ventured as far as
