Oysters And Harmony: A Short Story

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Several weeks after Buddy Taylor’s death, The Guthrie household was overflowing with family and friends as Nell wrapped up her original piece, “Oysters and Harmony.” It was a warm June Sunday morning and Nell looked up from the piano and smiled at her parents, Emma and and her family, Midgett, and several Oyster Shuckers. They were finishing their prayer service, while Rev Saunders delivered his sermon at the Beaufort Methodist. Although the good denizens of Beaufort had curbed their outright whispering and shaming of Nell, she and her friends had no desire to return to the church. As a closing prayer, Thomas read from (bible) as sweat streamed off him. “Amen,” he finished. “Amen,” answered the small congregation. Nell stood up and gave …show more content…

They tried to make a case for Jimmy’s alleged involvement in illegal blockade running, but oddly, they could find no witnesses. To date, Jimmy has not rolled on Sylvia or Asa, when everyone agrees that Buddy was a lone rum runner. Bless his heart “Nell honey, do you know when Jake will becoming back from South Carolina?” The question was, if he coming back. Jake and Emma’s brothers went out to the lumberyard with Buster soon after Buddy’s death and exhumed Glenn’s shallow grave (a state prosecuter was brought in while they examined the remains) This had transitioned him Nell watched him spiral into PTSD. She saw the acute gripping uncertainty was replaced by his constant dull ache of loss. As long as Glenn had been missing, there was a hope that he would walk back through the door one day. Now, all his family could do was grieve. Jake made arrangements to travel to South Carolina to be with his family and attend a memorial service for Glenn with the people with whom he had lived his life. Accompanied the body to sc “Soon I hope said Nell bravely. “I know he’s anxious to find the Amelia. He’s written and called up to the Navy and every boatyard in Norfolk, but no one has seen hide nor hair of the Ameila or ljsldj as she might be known. I reckon he’ll need to go

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