It occurred in suburbia far removed from the city where there is a prevalent sense of safety, security and happiness until this one fateful moonless night.
It had been a common sight to see the rear porch light of Brice and Lillie’s house on all night. There never were any others in the neighborhood that joined in on this nightly ritual. This neighborhood was situated in the Colorado community of Centennial.
Brice and Lillie’s house was in a newly established portion of Centennial that most considered in the “country” as there was little urbanization in that area. This area was surrounded by major highways and roadways where Brice and Lillie’s porch light had become a beacon in the night.
The twist to this tale takes shape clean across the country where the perpendicular path begins with Sissy, Billy and Mark. Sissy is the oldest sister of Billy the youngest and Mark the mean one.
Billy and Mark have been in reform school working the dairy farm where the two of them were granted a weekend furlough to go visit their sister in Portland. Sissy drove to Salem in her ramshackle Granada to pick the boys up. Once on the road to Portland the boys announced to Sissy they were done with the “joint” and not going back.
Sissy tried to reason with them but could not bring about any sense to them. When they arrived in Portland the boys took off while Sissy was gassing the car. Later that evening the boys show up in a nice Cadillac Accolade telling her that this would be the last they would see her for they were heading off to Mexico. In her best big sister way she asked them just how were they going to do that being broke with no money in their pocket.
Mark with a big grin spreading across his face motioned to Sissy that she should follow him outside to their newly acquired vehicle. Going to the back of the vehicle he opens it up and throws back a blanket revealing a pile of guns and ammunition. Any other questions, he asks Sissy?
Troubled and concerned for the safety of her brothers she told them that she was going with them, while thinking to herself that somewhere down the line she would bring about some reason to them where they would end up doing the right thing.
