The Only Door That Opened When the Others Closed

her fingers automatically smoothing the hem of her cotton shirt.

“Did you find your father?” Carol asked, her voice quiet and gentle.

“He asked for thirty thousand dollars,” Ivy said.

Carol set the flyers down on the desk, her face pale under the fluorescent lights of the lobby.

“He was at the bank again this afternoon,” Carol said. “Mildred from the continue reading …