Two Cops Showed Up the Morning After He Ran Off

had ruined all of their lives.

I didn’t answer.

Dana stood beside me in the hallway, barefoot, holding a bowl of cereal dry because she’d forgotten the milk. Teenagers can do that in the middle of a disaster.

She asked, “Is that her?”

“Yes.”

Sandy kept yelling. Called me jealous. Called me vindictive. Called me crazy.

Dana listened for a minute, then said,continue reading …