Demolition Before the Bloom

now. All the VP candidates are over there with their wives.”

“So go over there,” I said. “Tell him we’re eating. Tell him we’ll come by in ten minutes.”

“Get up.”

“Richard, please. Just look at them.”

“I said get up.”

He stepped onto the blanket.

His dress shoe dug into the fabric, missing Maya’s leg by an inch.

He reached down and grabbed Maya by the upper continue reading …