What did I do today that makes you think that I don’t care to learn? Shit, Kale! I’m hungry, and this burning in my chest,”—Deacon placed a beefy fist over his heart—“feels like it will never go away. And even if it does—even if I learn to control it—will still come back every night before I go to lay my head on that pillow.

Author: Inger Iversen