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The driveway was still buried. The porch was unusable, and every window was pressed in by thick walls of packed snow.
It was a fortress of cold and silence. We drove away.
She filed for divorce two weeks later.
And Dennis? Well, last I heard, he tried to dig the snow out himself.
Slipped on the porch and twisted his back. Karma really does wear boots sometimes.
The house sat empty for a while. The neighborhood kids started calling it the ice palace.
People slowed down when they drove by. Some took pictures. I didn’t care.
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