Come Out Writing

Thomas Lake's St. Pete Times debut: Yvonne Holcombe stood firm as night fell on her husband's mind. She busied his hands with household tasks. She watched as he wandered the back yard, gathering twigs. She coaxed him back to bed when he rose to hunt for phantom intruders.

Then she had brain surgery for a blood clot, she said, and she came out too weak to chase him. So she sent him to a group home where she thought he'd be safe.