Chapter 22: Where Is Jada
Chapter 22
Where Is Jada
Lonny Hackett found work for the first time in a few days. Real work, though the pay wasn’t much. Nothing like what he made as a bricklayer. And it was tough work, pouring concrete for a barn floor. Hot, sweaty work. Backbreaking work. Lonny loved it. He loved the pain in his lower back and the lactic acid burn in his arms. He even liked the concrete dust lining the inside of his nostrils. And the cement burns on his skin.
He finished troweling the last section of the floor, waited a short while then brushed it with a soft broom. Just enough to take the slipperiness out of the surface.
Can’t have slick concrete in a barn. Somebody would fall and bust their damn ass.
Lonny did a final check before cleaning the tools then headed home w
