“He called me ‘son’ once, but most of the time he kept referring to me as ‘little Tommy’.”

Tommy had been Thomas’s childhood nickname on the farm.

Martha sat down heavily in the chair.

“Tell me everything from the very beginning.”

Christopher looked toward the locked door.

“Is Valerie currently under arrest?”

“She tried to run away from the cemetery, but the police caught her,” Martha assured him.

“Then it is finally over,” Christopher said quietly.