Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter
I’m not the one who got a letter in the mailbox.”
I stared down at my mother’s handwriting.
“He told Megan I ran away.”
“He told everyone that.”
“Why would he say that if he needed me for the checks?”
Diane was quiet so long that I checked my watch again.
Seven fifteen.
“That’s the question, isn’t it,” she said.
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