Chasing Painted Horses by Drew Hayden Taylor

Author:Drew Hayden Taylor
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BISAC:
Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc.
Published: 2019-09-13T16:00:00+00:00

WHEN TYE GOT home from the game that night, the house was as dark and silent as the woods around it. It had been a fun night. His team, peopled with half a dozen cousins, had won. A good time had been had by all. Though far past his prime as an athlete, he still frequently got requests to join this and other teams. He was in good enough shape, and most of the other players were of the same age and definitely of a heavier calibre. But his erratic schedule on the road made commitments like that difficult. As a result, he would go out and support the team when he could, always making his apologies when he couldn’t put on the necessary skates and gear.

Someday, when his trucking days were over, he’d have to figure out how to slip back into being a permanent resident of Otter Lake, provided his body would allow him to. But for now he was going for quality, not quantity of representation. Tye had told his wife he would be home a good hour earlier, but the international laws of male companionship dictated two more beers and other stories that absolutely needed to be told that night, or they would not be responsible for what happened to the world. Tye returned to his dark home feeling a little guilty at having robbed his family of an hour of quality time, but he would make it up to them — the battle cry of all late-arriving or absent parents.

Turning the lights and the engine off, Tye coasted into the driveway. No need to wake any of his family. If he was lucky, and that Williams kid hadn’t eaten up all the dinner, there might be something in the fridge for him to gobble on, courtesy of his loving wife. Sometime down the road, he was going to have to do something about William. Not that there was anything wrong with the boy, but he spent so much damn time at their house. Tye knew the Williams house was a loud, raucous place, and his son’s best friend was just one log in a boom of other Williamses, but he was at the Thomases’ house so much that one of the guys at the game had asked if Tye was going to build on an extra bedroom for the boy.

Entering his home was like being enveloped by a warm and comforting blanket. The night and the pickup’s temperamental heater had been cold, so for a few brief seconds Tye stood just inside the doorway, enjoying the warmth of his home, in several different meanings of the word. It was a good home, and he and Liz had worked hard to provide for everybody. He knew the time he spent away was difficult, but work that paid really well was rare on the reserve, and he was glad to have something like this to provide for everybody.

Bonus! There, covered in plastic wrap, was a sizable plate of spaghetti.

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