The Accounting
He said: “I know where it came from.”
That is all.
Not my father sold his tools.
Not you left me.
Six syllables, to a woman holding a car key at a high school graduation, and then he walked past her.
Jolene’s hand stayed out for about two seconds after he had gone past it.
Agnes did not stand up at any point.
She did not look at the fob and she did not look at her grandson.