Medicine Man. Cheryl Reavis

Patrick?” she said.

      “Patrick is…there was an all-night poker game,” Will said in explanation.

      Arley smiled. “He wasn’t kidding, then.”

      “About what?”

      “He said he was the black sheep of the family.”

      Will looked toward Mrs. Bee’s house. He could hear the banging of pots and pans through the open kitchen window and someone singing “Blessed Assurance.”

      “So…Patrick is all about poker games,” Arley said when he looked at her again.

      “No, Patrick is all about burning the candle at both ends, knowing it’s dangerous, and still admiring the light.”