Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter
“Notice of mandatory annual in-person verification.”
The letterhead had faded to the yellow of old glue.
I read it twice before the words held still on the page.
Starting on the minor beneficiary’s fourteenth birthday, the guardian shall bring the child to the branch office for identity verification and signature.
“There’s a second page,” Vance said.
It had a teller window stamp and a line for a signature.
The line was blank.