"I went to the shelter again today. There's a young family there, a mother and father and their two children, and the mother-- Therese-- she told me she'd like to have Tommy and Augusta baptized, but she'd prefer to hold off until it's a little warmer. She's afraid they might still catch a chill. That's the big news; everything else went more or ( Read more... )

Why come back here again, is the question McKinley has for himself. It is not, after all, exactly his scene(But then again, church socials are hard to come by these days. And it remains the only way that he knows of to remain in contact with certain individuals ( Read more... )

The last time McKinley came through these doors, he was being hustled along by unpleasant burly types. He glances to Les, a little apprehensive.

"You're sure this is all right?"

( a little less conversation, a little more backstory )

McKinley is, for the moment, more hungry than he is cold ( Read more... )