The beneficiary change forms were fully processed and stamped by the military office.

The financial protection was locked in.

The trust for Haley and Cody was safe no matter the fifteen thousand dollars Kendra had spent.

The yellow school bus dropped the kids off at three thirty.

Cody ran in and went straight for his leather baseball glove on the kitchen counter.

“You promised we’d practice,” Cody said.

“Let me swap out my boots,” I said.

At six that evening I went out to the back patio.