Grandfather Won One Hundred Dollars for Naming a Blue Can

long, shuddering breath, her shoulders dropping as she buried her face in her hands. I could see her shoulders shaking, though she did not make a sound in the quiet office.

“It is done,” I said, putting the pen back in its holder.

We walked back to her car in silence, the afternoon sun casting long, pale shadows across the gravel of the bank parking continue reading …