I locked my wife in the pantry under the stairs

kidnapping, fraud, unlawful imprisonment, assault, and more words than I can hold in my head. My own actions bring charges too. Emily does not ask them to disappear. I do not ask her to.

The house is sealed as evidence.

For the first time in my life, I do not sleep under Margaret’s roof.

Emily stays with her sister in Knoxville after she leaves the hospital.continue reading …