Sara (30 page)

“And he kept driving over the median?”

“And we kept yelling at pedestrians to hit the pavement because there was a rookie driver on the road?” I started to laugh, and then something inside me broke, and the tears finally began to fall. She put both her arms around me, and I hugged her back, and we both cried.

I love you, Glenn. I will miss you for the rest of my life.

And above all else, I'm sorry.

GREG HERREN is the award-winning author of fourteen novels and has edited eight anthologies, including the award-winning
Love Bourbon Street: Reflections On New Orleans
. He currently lives in New Orleans. He has published over fifty short stories and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, Private Eye Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. He has worked as a personal trainer and published over fifty articles on health and fitness. He began his career as a book reviewer, and has published over a thousand reviews and interviews with authors as varied as Margaret Cho, Dorothy Allison, and Laura Lippman. A longtime resident of New Orleans, the flavor and culture of his beloved adopted city colors all of his work.

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