Fall From India Place

just looked up at Gabby and Gio as he walked by them, before dropping his gaze to me. Without

voice in my head, a memory from weeks before.

“Just saying. Nice to know a big guy like that is watching your back.”

From his

again loudly. “Beth, eat your greens. They’re good for you. Come on, eat your peas.”

“I don’t want to,” she whined, and we turned to watch her push her plate back. “They’re little fuckers.”

To Kill a Mockingbird,” he told me softly.

His confession seared me to my very