“He claims you’ve been questioning his daughter and following him to Oakridge.”

“He sent her away,” I said.

“He included a motion to suspend all grandparent visitation rights indefinitely,” Carl said.

“He already suspended them himself on his porch,” I said.

Carl opened the metal clasp on the envelope and took out a stack of stamped legal papers.

“This makes it court-ordered, Arthur,” Carl said.

“If you go within five hundred feet of that Elm Street house, you’ll be arrested.”

I rubbed my thumb over my gold wedding band.