Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

looking at the floorboards between his shoes. “They do not care about the court dismissal, Clara. They only care about the collateral.”

“You should have considered the collateral before you signed my name,” I said, choosing my adjectives with utmost precision.

“It was Nicole’s idea,” he said.

“You wrote the signature, Julian,” I said, my voice dropping continue reading …