For Seven Years I Sent Forty Thousand Dollars Every January, Until Emma Finally Spoke
Emma nodded.
She didn’t speak.
She reached into the front pocket of her bag and pulled out a folded piece of thick construction paper.
“I made this for you,” Emma whispered.
She handed me the paper.
I sat down next to her on the quilt and unfolded it.
It was a crayon drawing of a huge blue motor yacht docked at a wooden pier.
Emma had drawn bright yellow lines in the sky for the sun.