My Parents Called Me At 2 A.M. On Christmas Eve Screaming For $20,000 …

mail from the old life so no one would have my home address.

There was one letter inside.

The envelope was plain white. The return address was stamped in red ink.

Nevada Department of Corrections.

It was from Tanner.

I hadn’t opened it immediately. I brought it home and left it on the entryway table.

It sat there all day.

A small white rectangle of toxicity continue reading …