Michael Walked Out of His Office the Day Four-Year-Old Noah Called About a Broken Arm
He clicked his pen.
He wrote the drop-off time in the right column.
Five twenty.
He wrote down the swim lesson payment.
Forty dollars.
He drew a straight black line under the dollar amount to close out the weekend.
Derek came into the office with a metal tray of heavy socket wrenches.
He put the tray on the floor beside a stack of old tires.
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