The Old Fishing Hole

Five Minutes in America · Oct 20, 2026 · 5m

At Bell’s Marina, T.C. leaves the truck behind and takes his boat out onto the Lake of the Ozarks.

He doesn’t consider himself much of a fisherman. Catching something would be fine, but a quiet cove and a little time to think would suit him just as well.

On his way past Coffman Beach Resort, he notices Jack Floyd and Mitchell’s father standing on the dock.

He keeps going. But he remembers what he saw.

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