When Billy died I got the dogs
When Billy died I got the dogs. September 21, 2019 Autumnal Equinox; the day Earth begins to prepare for death. I was at DelRae’s house when I returned Linda’s phone call and the four messages she left, “Call me.” That evening, out of cell range, DelRae, Steve, and I were helping to celebrate a wedding party ten miles south of Grand Quivira. Since I couldn’t receive calls anyway I had left my phone in my purse and had left my purse in in my truck. Steve drove. Once we were done celebrating we headed back to Del and Steve’s house and arrived around 11:00 PM. I went out to retrieve my phone and saw the messages Linda had left. At first I thought the gallery had had a big sale and she wanted to share the good news…But DelRae had a message on her answering machine, too. “Hi DelRae, it’s Linda. When you get this message can you please have Rebecca call me? It doesn’t matter what time it is. Thanks.”...