Eight Thousand Gallons of Milk and a Small Blue Ledger

and went to Florida.”

I looked at the empty space on the wall where the kitchen calendar usually hung.

“He lost everything?” I asked.

“Every dime,” Evelyn said. “He has been using the Apex resin invoices to funnel cash back to the Chicago creditor to keep them from foreclosing. That is why the jugs are thin.”

“He did not just buy cheap plastic,” I said.continue reading …