Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

his head bowed, his hands clasped tightly together on the table.

The court clerk walked over to our table and handed Raymond a blue folder containing the formal dismissal order.

“Sign here, Mrs. Vance,” she said, pointing to the bottom of the white page.

I took the pen from her hand, my fingers steady as I wrote my name in dark black continue reading …