![]() ![]() ![]() SADLY MISSED, it said on Randall Garfield's gravestone, but his mom never seemed all that sad, and as for Bobby himself. He was pretty sure that man had been his dad. He had vague memories of a man tickling him and then kissing his cheeks and his forehead. The potential buyer was in the living room, trying to call an ambulance on a disconnected phone, when Bobby's dad passed away. He was a real-estate agent, and breathed his last on the kitchen floor of someone else's house. Randall Garfield was spared this extremity by dying of a heart attack at thirty-six. ![]() Bobby Garfield's father had been one of those fellows who start losing their hair in their twenties and are completely bald by the age of forty-five or so. LOW MEN IN YELLOW COATS 1 A Boy and His Mother. 'We blew it.' Easy Rider 1960: They had a stick sharpened at both ends. They assured Simon that everything was a bad business. The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life. Even if he shut his eyes the sow's head still remained like an after-image. The Prisoner Simon stayed where he was, a small brown image, concealed by the leaves. Whose side are you on? That would be telling. Number Number Number Number Number Number Hearts In Atlantis by Stephen King, 1999 This is for Joseph and Leanora and Ethan: I told you all that to tell you this. ![]()
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