Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter
“I keep waiting to feel angry,” she said.
“You don’t have to feel anything at all today.”
“It feels like I’m at a funeral for a bad idea.”
A beam swung wide and the men yelled.
It hit the grass and bounced once.
“Pete called me this morning,” Diane said.
“He asked whether I was going to press charges against him.”
“And what did you say to him?”