Yep. An hour west, pretty much the same. I’d say between 1/4 and 1/2 inch of ice. Chopped it off the back steps so the dog wouldn’t break a leg going up and down.
Stephen was bored one Saturday afternoon a couple weeks later.
“I’m bored, Michael. Want to go tempt fate?”
“I could do something interesting. What are you thinking?”
“We head to Allen elementary and hit the swings and jungle gym.”
“I don’t know; every time we go there, either those assholes show up or are already there.”
“Hence the tempting fate aspect.”
“What the hell, they can’t show up every time we go.”
“Maybe they have some kind of weird gaydar.”
“I
Reckless endangerment would be perfectly reasonable. Scratches on the face wasn’t enough damage for him from his stupidity. Maybe Esmeralda missed a sliver and we’ll find out next chapter it went in through his ear and caused some brain damage. Um, sorry, more brain damage, since he apparently already had some when he first appeared.