She Hid It in Her Shoe

Then Junia turned her head and looked at the pink backpack in her father’s hand, out beyond the glass, and she said: “There’s another one.

In the front pocket of the bag.

I saw him put it there.”

Out in the lot, the man pulled the backpack in against his chest.

Chapter 10 — Set the Bag Down

Cordell went back to the glass and asked him, plainly, to set the backpack down on the ground.