My Brother Kept Bragging About a Deal He’d Already Lost

role around the Blackridge people. That she fed him harmless market color. Nothing formal. Nothing illegal.” She looked at me. “That’s what he called it.”

My mother sat back down hard enough to rattle the silverware.

My father went red straight up the neck. “He said that?”

Sophia crossed her arms. “He says lots of things when he’s trying to look indispensable.continue reading …