They Doubted His Pine Trees Until Nineteen Eighty Eight Proved Him Right

do it?”

Tom looked toward the pine rows, dark against the evening. “Because cattle shouldn’t suffer for a man’s mouth.”

Buck’s face tightened. For a moment Emily thought he might get angry. But something in him had been knocked loose by the day. He looked old.

“I said things about Rachel I shouldn’t have.”

Tom’s eyes turned hard. “Yes, you did.”

Buck swallowed.continue reading …