One Carpenter Spent His Savings to Keep Five Young Siblings in His Woodshop

gap in your record,” she said, her eyes searching my face. “The state is going to ask about it. If you don’t explain those eight years, they will fill the silence with whatever they want.”

“I’m not talking about that,” I said.

“Carter, if you don’t, we lose them,” she said.

The judge cleared his throat, the sound sharp through the small microphone on continue reading …