Someone’s Home

Chapter 12 of The Ballad of Abigail Lambert

Abigail lay in Esperanza’s bed, with her dime novel in hand. She’d been making the attempt, albeit unsuccessfully, of teaching herself how to read in Esperanza’s absence. She wasn’t going to be made the fool by some kid, even if it meant staring at that book until she could sing the words off the page. Her strained attempts at understanding the…