f the cane hovered inch

e stared directly into

the tense air like a scalpel. "And I'll add Aggr

. The cane wavered

ard, forcing Titus to lean b

months in the public library, desperately memorizing every line of the tenant protection laws. She had lost back then, but those statutes were burned into her brain like a brand. "Using

bloody saliva onto the linoleum. "You think the sher

e held the screen up. The red recording ti

s straight to the South Ridge community Facebook group, the local news tip line, and every single person in this dying town. Your unc

gray. He slowly lowered the cane, the

itch," Titus spat, but his voi

paid the property taxes you forced on her, and occupied this land exclusively for over fifteen years. Under the state law

in the room

r mouth slightly open, the shovel

the phone, then at Haven's unyieldi

ped at Cletus, kicki

ng his bleeding jaw, his eyes darti

rd the broken door. "I'll make sure nobody

umorless laugh. She poin

is dying town," Hav

rusted pickup truck. The engine roared, ti

ulders dropped. She let out a long, shaky breath,

ed, stepping forward. "Ho

spect the broken door frame. "We need to mak

a thick black Sharpie and tore a massive

loudly in the quiet room. She wrote out the core tenets of the Fair Hous

Haven told Brenda, grabbi

sun beating down on her back. She walked

the only grocery store. It was covered in fad

er, covering everything else. She taped down all four

utside the store stopped talking. T

the eyes of a woman who rente

oudly, ensuring everyon

alked toward the public library, leaving the rip