I Called Three Investigators to My Nephew’s Birthday Party

passenger seat with the heat off.

Instead I said, “Yeah.”

He swallowed. Audible even through the phone.

“I don’t think I’ve ever said thank you.”

“No,” I said. “You haven’t.”

He started crying then.

Not loud. Worse than loud.

I held the phone away and looked at my calendar reminder for a 9:00 vendor controls review while my older brother cried because his continue reading …