GS-The turkey was still warm when he said it. I had not returned home…

expense. No making Mom translate what you mean. No acting like Cole’s life is the only version you understand.”

He did not argue.

“All right.”

“And if you come to Denver, you don’t sit at the head of the table.”

A faint sound came through the phone.

For a moment, I thought he was offended.

Then I realized he had laughed.

Not the loud laugh he used when he continue reading …