Chapter 1“So, this is the place?”
The laminated rectangle of the For Sale sign had faded over the long months of exposure. Its appearance now as forlorn and neglected as the small strip of un-kept landscaping it presided over. Tall clumps of overgrown weeds hid the realtor’s telephone number and pushed the thin metal supports anchoring the sign out of the ground. Rob Gentner pushed at the side of the bracing in an attempt to straighten the twisted frame, as if by fixing this one thing he could restore the rest.
“Yeah, this is it.” Rob raised his voice to be heard over the rush of traffic on the busy street behind them, but he didn’t glance away from the abandoned building, once such a huge part of his life. “I didn’t think I’d ever be here again. Thanks for coming with me.”
David Morris
