Jimmy climbed into the cab and swung down with the key. Eddie took the key, opened the door to the freezer truck, and a body fell out. We all jumped back. “What the hell?” Jimmy said. It was a chocolate-covered man, sprinkled with chopped pecans, totally frozen. Hard to tell if it was a real corpse or a solid chocolate novelty item. We all looked down at it. “That better not be a dead person,” Lula said. “On account of you know how I feel about dead people. I’m not in favor of them.” “Could just be a big Popsicle,” Jimmy said, toeing the chocolate guy. “I don’t think so,” Lula said. “It don’t
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