“If we do this he goes to prison.”

“He might. He’s already got a restitution order he hasn’t touched.” I put my card on the table. “You don’t have to decide today. Gavin will talk to you for free for as long as you want, because I’ve paid for it, and that’s the only thing I’m giving you.”

They have not filed. It has been eleven months. Gavin’s office calls them every eight weeks and Walter is for it and Shirley is not, and I have stopped predicting.

Chapter 15 — Emma

Emma McDowell is twenty-eight and lives in Savannah and works in communications for a hospital system.

I found her through Dolores, who had her number for reasons that were never explained to me, and she took four days to answer and what she wrote was: I’ll meet you but not in Atlanta and not to be forgiven.

We met in a park in Savannah in May.