Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

laid the listing agreement flat on the clean counter. Next to it, I placed Julian’s junior year biology report card from Oak Creek High School, dated June of nineteen ninety-eight.

The signature on the contract was a clever imitation of my hand. At first glance, it had the same shaky, elder quality that my writing had developed over the last few years.continue reading …