“For your birthday.

I brought them.”

Chapter 11 — I Brought Them

I signaled to the two movers.

They wheeled the hand truck into the very center of the dining room, directly in front of the long birthday table with its untouched place settings, and they drew utility knives and sliced through the duct tape sealing the two enormous boxes.

And then, in one coordinated motion, they tipped both boxes over onto the polished hardwood floor.