Just Dad.
He looked smaller at my door. Not old, exactly. Deflated. His jacket was zipped wrong, one side higher than the other. He had a manila envelope in his hand.
Denise stood behind me.
Dad looked at her first. Then me.
“I didn’t know,” he said.
I didn’t answer.
He held out the envelope.
Inside was cash. Not fifteen thousand dollars. Not close.
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