The Price Of Her Mercy
Jackson drives, relaxed, quiet, focused, refusing to allow good music to stream out of the radio, choosing instead old country ones from a rock station that crackles every few moments.
He doesn’t talk much, but he doesn’t have to. I can tell he’s starting to breathe again. It’s not obvious, but I don’t have to look too much to see through him. It’s in the looseness of his grip, the way his shoulders stop living under his ears and rest more than usual.
When we finally pull up in front of my mom’s house, she’s already standing at the porch, wiping her hands on her apron like she’s been expecting us.
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