The Black And White Sisters

The Black and White SistersI used to cut their lawn for them, before they paved it over, that is. It was the older one, Moira, the one with the white hair and vanilla skirt, who gave me the bad news. "Vincent," she said, "Caitlin and I have decided to do without the lawn--and the shrubs and flowers, too." (We were in her kitchen at the time, a place from which every hint of color had been erased. Caitlin was hovering in the doorway with her vulcanized hair and cream-pie face,...