Agnes Came Home Early from Ireland and Found Her Grandson Locked Out of Her Tulsa House

For three seconds the line was silent.

“That doesn’t make any sense,” Clay said, his voice climbing fast.

“Jaclyn texted me at ten.

She said Benji was asleep in his bed.”

“She lied to you, Clay.

Plain and simple.”

“She wouldn’t do that,” Clay said.

I could hear his hand raking through his hair over the line.