Chapter 26: The StrangerNot even a day later, still feeling buzzed and on an emotional high that I had finally broken down and released my body to the cowboy (a night that wouldn’t depart from my memory for decades to come, perhaps even my lifetime), Fell Grind had caused havoc in my world once again. The man-child called me, having somehow, someway obtained my cell phone number.
In my home office, rereading a portion of my latest chapter, editing and working diligently, my phone buzzed. I wasn’t familiar with the royal blue digits on its illuminated screen but took the call anyway. “Yes?” I answered the phone the way I usually did.
“Joel…Joel Bass?”
“This is he.” My voice wavered, lost in words, sentences, and writing.
“Do you know who this is?”
It had taken me a few seconds to reali
