My Son Left Me Alone at the Bakery Until the Business Account Was Suddenly Locked

didn’t answer. I could hear the lake behind him now. Wind. A dock creaking. Elaine’s voice, low and urgent, somewhere close.

You locked us out without even talking to me, he said.

You made plans for my bakery without talking to me.

That’s different.

Yes, I said. It is. What I did was legal.

His breath caught.

And for one second I regretted the sharpness continue reading …