Defiance

ternoon rain shower. I pass the butcher, already cleaning his knives and packing away the last of his mutton, and wrinkle my nose as the rusty scent of drying sheep’s blood lies heavy on the air, mingling with the smell of mud.

What I can do for you.”

e, and I learned that true family is found in those who choose you. Wealth has nothing to do with it.

Good of you to come,” he says. As

faith in Dad’s skills will be proven wrong