BURDENS OF OTHERS: TH? THINGS THEY CARRIED

Th?? carried th? ?k?. The wh?l? ?tm???h?r?, th?? ??rri?d it, th? humidity, the m?n???n?, th? stink of fungus ?nd d????, all ?f it, th?? ??rri?d gravity. The floodlights ?r?und th? h???it?l lit most ?f th? ??bbl?d ri?? ?t it? back, m?king th? ????nt ???i?r, ?t least initi?ll?. Ab?v? th? lin? of gl?r?, Ed could m?k? ?ut a single bl??k figure silhouetted ?g?in?t th? night ?k?. He ??r?mbl?d u?, b?ttl? in hand, t? th? t?? of the ri??. Diyaa turn?d t?w?rd? him, th? ever present rifle resting across hi? ?h??t. In th? dark Ed ??uldn't see th? di????r?ving l??k as th? whi?k? ?l??h?d in the bottle but h? kn?w it was th?r?. Di??? n?dd?d d?wn th? slope ?nd it t??k Ed a moment t? m?k? ?ut the w?m?n ?itting b? h?r??lf, ?lum??d against ?n ?ut?r??. He took a ?t?? t?w?rd? h?r before Di??? ?t????d him with a h?nd.

Author: Brenda Bower

Publisher: Independently published

Publication Date: Nov 01, 2018

Number of Pages: 55 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1730755259

ISBN-13: 9781730755255