The sound surprised me.

I had expected justice to arrive like thunder.

Instead, it tasted like tomato soup, and it sounded like people who were happy I had come home.

PART 16

My father’s financial difficulties did not vanish when the court ruled against him.

The development company’s interest in the land cooled, and the lender holding the mortgage on my parents’ house began its own process.

I learned most of this from Patricia, who called me late one evening and asked whether she could visit.