Chapter 16: Candle

"I'm a year younger than you, I…" By any measure, the reason Nixon Walker ended up here seemed a little absurd. He'd planned one last fling before graduation, so he went to a bar looking for a hookup. That night stuck with him. He'd been tipsy, edges blurred, but the memory was sweet when he savored it later. Then, right after that, his life turned upside down. He was supposed to be assigned to a neighboring city as an assistant teacher. A few years grinding it out, and he'd become a certified...