Getting There

“You said you’d take me.”

“Things change sometimes, Joey.” Mike avoided the boy’s eyes.

“But you said you would. You said.”

Mike sat down on the curb next to him. “The money is gone. We’d have to walk.”

Joey nodded, eyes down.

Mike sighed and smiled. “C’mon. A long walk will do us good.”

 

Clark G. Vanderpool.

Getting There is a post from: Aztec Books