The Knocking Started Right After She Told Me He Was Mine

him. The way he liked to be swaddled with one arm out. Notes from the hospital. Blood pressure numbers. Feed times at 1:10, 3:40, 6:05.

And on the inside cover, one line.

If Gavin ever asks.

My throat closed up so fast I had to look away.

Christmas Eve

An hour later my life looked different in the plainest possible way.

Randy called somebody named Leon to continue reading …