Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter
It said Ray Whitfield feared for his safety and the safety of his crew.
Paragraph six said I had threatened him in his own yard Friday afternoon in front of six roofers.
“Friday afternoon?” I said.
Deputy Ruiz tapped the signature line.
“The judge signed it at four twelve.”
At four twelve on Friday I was on the roof of the Harrison clinic with my phone off, sweating through a compressor swap.
Ray had sworn to a story that put me somewhere else.
The deputy looked past me into the shop.
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