Disaster

It was one of those classic Cape Verde storms, a powerful category 5 hurricane that pummeled the Caribbean before setting its sights on the Gulf Coast. Antoine was in his hotel room, still stewing about his marriage, whether it was over, what to do about it. Maybe she was right. Maybe he should have stayed smaller, and balance life better. He'd evacuated north, like everyone else, but the fury of the storm still surprised him. And when he returned to Gulfport, a week later, his crown jewel, his entryway to New Orleans, was just a foundation, the improvements and glitzy furnishings washed away miles further inland.