An excerpt from Devin's Way, Chapter 4
CHAPTER 4 We got back to my mother’s house and I collapsed in a chair. I tried to call Ruth once more, got her voicemail again, and hung up without leaving a message. She would get it soon enough. I knew they canoed the day before, and were probably hiking today. I called up my e-mail and did something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. I clicked on the photo Lou sent and blew up to a larger size. On the screen in front of me was a tightly cropped face shot of Devin, obviously taken on the highway, obviously dead. It was Devin, but did I really think it wouldn’t be? He was dead. I called Lou back to make it official, and asked him to tell me more about the accident. “Gary,” Lou said, “I will never lie to you. There are things I won’t tell you, but I won’t lie. He did have lower body trauma. Again, Gary, I am so sorry …” What wasn't he telling me? I didn't have th