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

Not much, but some.”

“You can keep your figure,” Diane said.

Ray looked at me then, and his face went blank.

“You did this.

You got her all stirred up.”

“She read the date, Ray,” I said.

Ray tucked the envelope back into his coat and got up.

“I’ve got to go.