The Note on Jolene’s Monitor Said Two Words

father was a tenth-grade English teacher.”

“He was also a pain in the ass with a scanner.”

That sounded like him.

My throat tightened and I hated it. I hated that she could use him to make me listen.

“Before he died, he sent records to a lawyer,” Jolene said. “That lawyer was my uncle. When you started the firm, he asked me to watch your back.”

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