” I whispered.
“He didn’t want you to know,” Derrick said quietly.
“Why?”
He hesitated.
“Because I’ve spent the last twenty years in prison.”
The room went silent.
Piece by piece, he told me everything.
They had been reckless as teenagers. One night, they found a bag full of money—stolen money. When the police tracked it back to them, Derrick was the one continue reading …