PBR Sweepstakes. Chapter 527.

Mickey told me that I should not visit the Abbey tomorrow. “Is tomorrow raffle day?” I said.

Tomorrow is raffle day. It is going to be boisterous, the opposite of the kind of atmosphere I usually enjoy. I love the sound of silence, and, yet, I live in New Orleans, a city full of gossip and music.

I saw a rat at the Abbey today. We startled each other.…