This took my grandmother’s ring off my hand and turned it into a security deposit for a woman who despised me, and made me thank him for the chance to do it.

He had not sold them for his career.

He had sold them to make a deposit on an apartment for his sister.

Odalind sat very still in front of the screen, and she did not cry, and at eight o’clock that evening Ansel finally knocked on the door.

Chapter 13 — The Confession

He came in alone, pale, with dark circles under his eyes.