He furrowed his brows, eyes glued to Joshua’s tombstone. Suddenly, he was gasping for air. He took a deep breath as horrifying images flashed in his mind. What the hell was going on? He found it hard to breathe.

Allison was pulling weeds, oblivious to his discomfort. Nicholas’ throat was dry. He asked, “Allison, how old were you when your brother and father passed away?”

“I had just started middle school.”

“Did your brother like pickles?”

“Nope. My mom said pickles are good for health, but Ricky couldn’t stand them. If you handed him a whole pickle, he’d somehow manage. But if you diced it up in food, he’d pick out every last bit.”

“Did he have any particular preferences?”

“He loved BBQ sauce, hated mayo. He didn’t like lamb, said it smelled funky. He was a beef guy.”

handwriting was real neal with

was suddenly buzzing.

a leftie. As far as he remembered, he was

of emotion welled up in his

the cemetery. It was

Shawn didn’t expect to run into Allison here. Seeing Allison wasn’t a big

already in a foul mood this morning, even though he seemed fine when he took Ms. Zimmer’s call at lunch

“You dare to sneak pictures of other women? Have you fallen for that woman? Her back does look – nice. Shawn, we’re here to memorialize my father, and you’re taking pictures of other women behind

“I wouldn’t dare!” He lowered his voice, pointing at that figure, “That woman is indeed beautiful, but I wouldn’t dare

was surprised, “Mr. Lindberg?”

surprise grew,

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