The Knocking Started Right After She Told Me He Was Mine

He barked a laugh. “No. I’m tired. Different thing.”

Behind the door, Noah started up again. Thin and furious.

Randy heard it and his whole face changed for half a second. Softer. Then hard again.

“She tell you she named me godfather?” he said.

I blinked.

“No.”

“Course not.”

There it was. Turn number two. My night was collecting them.

He rubbed the back of continue reading …