HE THOUGHT HE ERASED HIS SON BY BURNING EVERY POSSESSION HE OWNED BUT SIX YEARS LATER THE TRUTH IN THE MAILBOX LEFT HIM SPEECHLESS
The letter from my attorney arrived at his doorstep three days later. I imagine he read it twice. Maybe three times. The first time through anger. The second through disbelief. The third through fear. For most of his life, my father had operated under the assumption that consequences were things that happened to other people….