When My Son Reported a Theft, I Went Looking and Found the Real Ledger in Our Dallas Office
She laid the folder on the laminate table between us and slid three glossy four-by-six prints out of the flap.
I picked up the top print and held it toward the daylight coming through the single windowpane.
The picture showed the kitchen counter in Garrett’s penthouse, lit by the white glow of an under-cabinet light strip.
Garrett was standing next to Valerie Hayes while she tipped a small gray dropper bottle over my stainless steel travel thermos.
In the second photo, Valerie was twisting the black cap back onto the dropper bottle while Garrett reached for the thermos lid.
My right thumb rubbed against my knuckle as I laid the two photos side by side on the table.
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