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

The top line had a date from 2006.

He shut it with one hand and slid it under a pile of invoices.

That was the first time I’d seen it.

I didn’t ask.

Ray hung up and sat back.

“Thomas.

You look like a man with a warranty problem.”

I laid the deed copy on the desk.