Sara and Pierce stopped for Chinese takeout. They found a wide turnout along the river, sat on the tailgate of her SUV, and ate while birds flew overhead and boats cruised by. She broke open a couple of cans of dog food that Esmerelda supplied and emptied them onto the thick roadside grass. Sara gave the pups water from her Styrofoam cup and when they begged, most of the meat from her chicken chop suey. Before heading home, Sara walked the dogs along a grassy ledge that jutted out along the water.
When she and the dogs returned, Pierce pulled two books out of his backpack. “Here,” he said. “Since you expressed interest, I want you to have these.”
The first book was titled True Light. The cover had a silhouette of a head and shoulders lighted from the inside outward. The other, Journey Be
