Late August

John Greenbrier is a man of routines — the ball game, a grilled cheese, the drive home past a beach he never really visits anymore.

On a late August evening in Narragansett, a young nurse leaves her daughter on his doorstep and disappears into the dark.

And John is forced into something he has quietly avoided for years: responsibility.

Late August is a quiet story about grief, solitude, and the moment life stops letting you stay on the sidelines.

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