Ronnie watched carefully as Hank opened the oysters. “You make that look so easy.”
“It’s easy when you get the hang of it. I’ve been doing this for nigh on forty years. s**t comes and goes around here, but oysters . . . they grow in shallow water. You can go out and pick them up with your hands if you’re not afraid to get your feet wet. When you ain’t got no balls, they’ll put a little lead back in your pencil, if you know what I mean.”
Robbie smiled and looked over at Sean.
Grandpa needs to meet this guy. I think they’d like each other. Maybe the next time he comes to Corpus.
“I sure hope you boys get Corpus Christi settled down. I’m originally from Seadrift, up the coast from here. I’d sure like to get back there before I die.
“I came here for shrimp years back, before the grid shut
