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

“She’s Thomas’s sister.” Ray nodded toward me.

“That makes her family.”

I flipped to the last page of the packet.

There was an empty line for Diane’s signature and a second empty line for a notary.

“You want her to ratify the deed.”

“I want her to say yes on paper,” Ray said.

“The deed’s already filed.

This just makes it tidy.”