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This week I'm presenting a sample from another short story, The Usual Game.
The saloon, which doubled as the town's restaurant, wasn't far away--as the crow flies, provided the crow flew straight up; but the road wound back and forth up the hill, adding many yards to the distance. Verl trudged upward, and thought how happy Fong had been this morning during breakfast.
"I go today, Verl," he had said, letting a grin steal across his thin face. "I take it all to send to my wife." He held up the bags of bills and coins.
"Will it take long for her to get here?" Verl asked.
"Maybe three month, maybe six month. She bring everything with her," Fong replied.
"I'm real pleased for you, Fong. I'd go crazy waiting three years to see my wife again."
Fong put the bags on the sideboard and sat down at the table. He waited a long moment before replying. “It been hard, yes.” He fidgeted with the drawstring of a cloth sack laying on the table before him. “We think a long time before we decide I should come.” He looked up at Verl, and spoke, his voice shaking slightly. "You a lucky man, Verl. You most lucky to be born here in United States."
~~~The Usual Game is available on all Amazon Kindle stores, and at Smashwords.com in multiple ebook formats.
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