Three Days Before the Casket Was Delivered, My Son Asked Me to Sign a Document

That’s the charge that keeps him locked up.”

I looked at the hardware store flyer lying under the salt shaker.

“Sentencing is scheduled for February tenth,” Arthur said.

“You don’t have to attend.

They’ll ask whether you want to speak.”

“I’ll be there.”

“What is the judge going to ask me?”

“Whether you trust your son with Chloe.