Like so many before them, they didn't care that my dad was only the messenger. They still wanted to shoot him.

“This is personal, she'd said. Real. This moment was too, even if you couldn't s…”

“Sitting there with them, it was almost hard to remember when I first came to Pe…”

“So close, I thought. A shorter fence, a fatter dog, and everything would be dif…”

“Nope.' He sat back. 'Just been there, done that. Done that getting hauled to th…”