~ A short story from bestselling author and wordsmith, Jory Sherman ~Dane Marlowe returns to the old homestead where he was happy as a child. Too many drinks attempting to wash away too much grief have taken their toll on his life.But maybe this will be his refuge, a place to combat the sorrows and get on with his life, to finish the book he is writing as therapy, a book no one will ever read.Is Dane as abandoned as the old derelict house before him, or does Fate have other plans?