#658 His Mother’s House- Edward P. Jones
This is a family story, a tragic one. Joyce has moved into her new house bought by her son, Santiago. He wants her to have all new furniture but she likes the old stuff, her stuff. She lives with Ricky, a common-law husband that works for Santiago. Santiago is a gangster.
The trouble starts when Humphrey owes money to Santiago. He is like a second son to the family and Joyce has know him his whole life, but money is money. Family should be more important, but blood is thicker than water and Humphrey isn’t really Santiago’s brother, so his leniency will only go so far.
When the conflict ends in tragedy, all Joyce wants to do is create a safe haven for her son, That’s what mother’s do. “And outside that house there was a very cruel world and she did not like to think that her child was out there without a place to come to.”
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