Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter

Ray did a job up there years ago, some warehouse.

That’s all I know.”

I tore the top sheet off my invoice pad and wrote down the notary’s name.

“You remember a fall when you were in the hospital.”

“Which fall do you mean, honey?”

“The one when I drove you home.”

“St.

Jude.