How to Avoid Death on a Daily Basis
he disappeared for a second, and then came back up gasping for air “—it was just two of each of his animals. Two goats, two chickens and whatever other livestock he had.”
Not even an entire ocean could stop Maurice from correcting other people’s way of thinking on matters of no consequence.
“Did anyone see what happened to Mandy and Cheng?” called out Claire.
“Ah don’t think they jumped,” said Flossie.
It wouldn’t surprise me if that turned out to be the case. What kind of idiot would leap into a swirling black void just because I told them to?
“Yo’ don’t think they’re all dead, do yo’?”
There was an awkward silence. The truth was we didn’t know what had happened, but if Uncle Pete’s threats