By the time her children came home, their mother had already been waiting thirty years too long.

By the time her children came home, their mother had already been waiting thirty years too long.

By the time the last hymn faded at her husband’s funeral, Evelyn Mercer had already learned the terrible truth: the next thing her family planned to bury was her life.

By the time the last hymn faded at her husband’s funeral, Evelyn Mercer had already learned the terrible truth: the next thing her family planned to bury was her life.
The laugh that followed Frank Delaney’s final bid sounded a lot like dirt being shoveled onto a grave.

The laugh that followed Frank Delaney’s final bid sounded a lot like dirt being shoveled onto a grave.