A Twenty-Dollar Bill Dropped Into the Dust Beside a Tennessee Highway

“Since Tuesday,” Dale said.

“He owes forty grand to some loan outfit out of Memphis, and she promised to pay it off for him.”

“Call Brenda at the bank this minute,” I said.

“Brenda won’t pick up a call from me, Garrett,” Dale said.

“Tell her I’ve got the twin boys’ birth certificates sitting on my desk,” I said.

“Tell her to freeze the corporate transfer window until eight o’clock tomorrow morning.”

“What’re you going to do with those letters?” Dale asked.