I Canceled Seven Hundred Dollars After Christmas Night Left My Daughter Alone in the Dark

“I need my red rabbit before we go to school,” she said.

“He’s resting on the armchair in the living room,” Evan said.

Lucy slid down from her chair and walked into the front hall without hurrying.

Evan looked across the table at me and rested his hand flat on the wood.

“The mortgage payment on our bungalow went through this morning,” Evan said.

“All nine hundred forty dollars,” I said.

“And it stayed right in our own checking account,” Evan said.

“Right where it belongs,” I said.