the men want to stop for a beer , DUI laws be damned . the women want to wander down the street looking for a tiny piece of history to take home with thm . it is freedom they are looking for , as if the flatlands have imprisoned them , and placerville is the first town on the road where they can let loose .nna - a white -framed weding picture on the mantel of a smiling young couple , she seated quietly , big blue eye
nina turned left and wen up a short hill . most of the homes were small and old . well -settle in their arbors of firs .
she drove until she saw a metal mailbox reading ," hanna ."
cracked asphalt led to a red ford 150 pickup , which took up a lot of he driveway , and another filthy old truck hunddleed in the carport . nina parked behind the pick up and climbed out . the sun shone down ; it was so quite here she could hear the creak of the trees catching breezes high above .
chelsi , in shorts and a shirt that showed her brown stomach . opened the sreen door on the shady porch and came out to greet her .behind her shambled a man who must have been her father , tall and athletic like her , big handed and biog -footed .
"dad , this is nina ."
"roger freeman ." he squeezed her hand and put his other hand ;ightly over the squeeze as if to aologize for thew strengt of the handshake ."sara's brother . come on in , dave's inside ." he shot a quick glance at chelsi ." he 's not at his best this morning ."
dave hanna sat in a la-Z m boy in front of a recorded ball game on TV , the sound turned off , his eyes gflued to the screen . he didn't get up and barely acknowledged nina's greeting .
the small living room still held traces of sarah white -framed weding picture on the mantel of a smiling young couple , she seated quietly , big blue eyes hopeful , flowers held in her lao , he with his hand on her sholder , making it clear how the marital dynamics would work even then , sarah's auburn hair touched the shoulder of her ivory gown . dave looked a lot younger in the picture . nina knew from her notes they had been marrried for ten years before sarah died .
nina turned left and wen up a short hill . most of the homes were small and old . well -settle in their arbors of firs .
she drove until she saw a metal mailbox reading ," hanna ."
cracked asphalt led to a red ford 150 pickup , which took up a lot of he driveway , and another filthy old truck hunddleed in the carport . nina parked behind the pick up and climbed out . the sun shone down ; it was so quite here she could hear the creak of the trees catching breezes high above .
chelsi , in shorts and a shirt that showed her brown stomach . opened the sreen door on the shady porch and came out to greet her .behind her shambled a man who must have been her father , tall and athletic like her , big handed and biog -footed .
"dad , this is nina ."
"roger freeman ." he squeezed her hand and put his other hand ;ightly over the squeeze as if to aologize for thew strengt of the handshake ."sara's brother . come on in , dave's inside ." he shot a quick glance at chelsi ." he 's not at his best this morning ."
dave hanna sat in a la-Z m boy in front of a recorded ball game on TV , the sound turned off , his eyes gflued to the screen . he didn't get up and barely acknowledged nina's greeting .
the small living room still held traces of sarah white -framed weding picture on the mantel of a smiling young couple , she seated quietly , big blue eyes hopeful , flowers held in her lao , he with his hand on her sholder , making it clear how the marital dynamics would work even then , sarah's auburn hair touched the shoulder of her ivory gown . dave looked a lot younger in the picture . nina knew from her notes they had been marrried for ten years before sarah died .
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