Chapter 8 "Snake" (© 2020 SK Figler) Somebody messed up my bed.  The hospital corners aren’t pulled tight.  The blanket isn’t stretched, and there’s a big lump under it in the middle.  I learned how to make a bed at Tall Timbers, where Mother put me and Henry every summer.   At inspection every morning after breakfast, Uncle George... Continue Reading

        Chapter 7 Take Him, He’s Yours (© SK Figler, 2020)   Henry sat in the lobby of a hotel in New York City. He felt lost in the big dark leather chair. It had soft armrests he couldn’t reach from the middle. Well, he could reach one or the other, but he couldn’t touch both at... Continue Reading

  Chapter 6 Mother & Henry @ Hospital (© SK Figler, 2020) Henry was tired of crying and screaming, but he hadn’t got what he wanted yet, so he forced some more. Miss Thurston stood by his bed, hugging herself tight, scowling down at him. Miss Lenahan hugged herself, too, but over by the window, looking out, tapping a shoe.... Continue Reading