I Let Him Finish Laughing First

curling at the edges.

My mother had already walked away.

Preston Tries One More Trick

If Preston had shut up, he might have made it to court with a little dignity.

He didn’t.

He pointed at me like I was some intern who’d spilled toner.

“You were never supposed to read those documents.”

He said it into a hot microphone.

Because in all the mess, he’d grabbed continue reading …