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A Little Place Called Heaven
Date: 9/28/2015, Categories: Humor, Author: WritersFriend, Rating: 1, Source: LushStories
come get her. Me and Mrs. Periwinkle drove out into the desert, and I picked up the satchel full of cash and counted it. “Is it all there?” she asked. I nodded. About a quarter mile from her ranch I stopped the Taurus at the side of the road. The sun had almost set in broad bands of orange and blue behind the Sierra Nevadas and the day had cooled appreciably. I handed her the satchel. She flipped through the pieces of paper in her hand and passed me a wad. “Here’s fifteen thousand,” she said. “How much do I still owe you?” She added up the remaining promissory notes. “Three thousand, give or take.” “I’ll try to get it to you as quick as I can.” I lingered there for a few moments, all heart-pinched and glassy-eyed. “Well,” I said, “I guess this is goodbye, Mrs. Periwinkle.” She smiled. “Please, let’s not stand on formality. Call me Angel.” I left my dirty Angel in a little place called Heaven, knowing I’d never again have something that good.