His muscles ached. His bones, too. Years of building railroads did that.

“Got something lined up?” asked the officer.

He merely nodded. The word “innocent” mattered less now.

Minutes later, he got out of his truck where rails gleamed in the sun. A man waved. “So, you’re our new foreman?”

Joey doesn’t like being railroaded, even if it’s nothing to do with jail. He can be found at joeytoey.com.