Chapter 23: Private Affairs
10:42 P.M.
Why do I decide to follow Tom and Brett over Beach Nut Trail? What the two accomplish in privacy is none of my business. Some chemistry is obvious between the two men. If Saul wasn’t drunk all the time he might be aware of such an attraction that Tom and Brett have for each other.
Blackberry thickets line the narrow trail. It’s a little too early in the season for berries, but give it two more weeks and the bushes with be run amuck with the succulent and seedy fruit. The pathway steers to the left, weaves to the right, and veers to the left again. Boulders among the blackberry bushes jut up and out of the earth. Sky-reaching oaks, maples, and white birch trees garnish the island. The trail climbs the side of Pennesco Peak and leads to the center of
