A seemingly lost little girl leads Bart to the scene of a horrible accident. As he consoles Sawyer, who crashed his bike into a New York City bus, he finds himself comforted instead when Sawyer offers him a pendant to keep him safe as he heads off to boot camp and eventually war.<br><br>More than a decade later, the pair are reunited on Thanksgiving Day, one on one side of a soup kitchen serving table, one on the other. They nearly miss each other, but fate -- or something else -- seems to want to bring them together.<br><br>It isn’t only on that day, either, but throughout the holiday season, during which Bart discovers the significance of the pendant and both men learn to believe in angels and second chances.

Angel Wings and Bullets

“Are you home?” he asked in lieu of “Hi.”


“Would you mind if I came up? Just for a minute. I have something to show you.”


“Sure. Of course. No problem.” My heart disagreed. It was beating a thousand times a minute. “I just called you.” Shit! Why had I said that?


“Signal problems. I’m on the train. Anything important?”


“Good deal. Then I’ll see you in a little bit.”


Chapter 11