I Left Before They Got Home

a down payment on a fishing boat Daniel told me his brother had “loaned” him.

I sat in Greg’s office with my coat still on and asked the dumbest question I’ve ever asked.

“Does Chloe know?”

Greg shrugged one shoulder. “Maybe some of it. Not the size of it, I’d guess.”

I thought about the den. Her voice. That wasn’t fear in it. That was complicity. Thin,continue reading …