I Left Before Sunrise and Let the Truth Wake Them Up

of legal words, but the important line was simple enough.

Funds for Ava Jean Mercer: tuition, books, housing, school expenses only.

I knew that line by heart.

I’d read it so many times the toner marks were burned into my brain.

Behind that, I put the withdrawal slips.

Then the transfer records.

Then the cashier’s check used at Dawson Ridge Auto to buy Brandon’s continue reading …