for a moment, and handed it to me.
Through the thick plastic, I saw a driver’s license. It was filthy, the edges warped by moisture, but the face looking back at me was unmistakable. The man was older, his cheeks gaunt, his eyes haunted, but it was him.
Gavin Thompson. Issued in 2010. Twelve years after I buried an empty box.
My lungs seized. The edges continue reading …