I Couldn’t Remember Hearing Anyone Come Back Upstairs

Custodial interference. Two charges related to identity theft about twelve years back.”

I stared at him.

“Identity theft?”

Pruitt nodded. “He’s good with papers. School forms, fake guardianship paperwork, utility records. The woman’s name is Brenda Hall. Not Melissa’s mother.”

“Then who is Melissa?” I asked.

That was the first time my voice cracked.

Pruitt continue reading …