Eighteen Years After Ray Abandoned Him on a Dirt Road, Thomas Found His Mother’s Letter
Ray took a white envelope out of his inside coat pocket and laid it by his plate.
The return address read Lakeland State Bank in small blue print.
He didn’t open it.
He tapped it once with his finger.
“You think about that figure,” he said.
“The bank has its own rules about family money.
Always has.
I can go up a little.