Chapter 13
We got the cart cleared, piled our bags and things in it, and started off back up the hill toward home. It took all three of us to pull it, but at least we didn’t see another soul. I thought.
At the last turn before our street, I saw someone standing on a porch. It was a small person, maybe a child, maybe an old woman sitting down. I waved to the kids to wait and walked up to the porch, my hands clear at my sides. I knew Burk had his real gun out, waiting, just in case. I had no fear, and as I got closer, I saw it was a child, maybe around ten years old. A girl.
“Mister, do you have any food? I’m hungry, and my mom won’t wake up.”
It was then I realized she had Downs. I didn’t want to scare her. “Would you like my boy to come up and help you? I don’t want you to be scared of
