Seven: Seven Desires Penny, And Oddly, Her MotherHoof was afraid of Marie LaVey. He was not going to steal that clarinet back any more than he was going to join the church choir.
I looked forward to the moment of showing Penny how I succeeded where Victor had failed. When I got home, the first thing my grandmother said was, “Your girlfriend left her clarinet.”
“She’s not my girlfriend.”
“It won’t be long…”
“She told us. Then Mad Dog took her to meet Hoof. He thought your gris-gris was for him. I could have thrown up.”
“Victor Radcliffe?” She fingered the beads of her rosary and mumbled through a confession for the unintended consequences of her actions. “That’s not how it was supposed to be.”
“It’s no big deal, Grandma. Thanks for doing it, but you didn’t have to. If she likes
