For Fourteen Years My Son Lived Rent-Free in a House He Believed Was His

The public land registry has been fully corrected.”

“Has Brandon called your office?”

“His lawyer phoned at seven thirty,” Margaret said.

“He wanted to know whether you plan to press formal charges over the altered corporate resolution.”

“Tell him I won’t be pressing charges,” I said.

“He has enough on his plate.”

When I’d hung up, I went back out on the balcony and rested my hands on the railing.

I listened to the gulls crying over the rolling surf.