Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter
I set the picture hook and tapped it in with the heel of my hand.
I hung Elaine’s letter in the oak frame beside the old van loan paper.
The yellowed page had one fold across the middle and Elaine’s blue ink at the top: Diane, read this before you sign anything.
I had tucked Megan’s little note behind the letter, the one that said Thomas, read this first.
Its edge showed through the glass like a receipt.
The loan statement beside it was stamped paid and dated March.
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