I Came Back After Twelve Years to Find My Wife in a Maid’s Uniform, Serving Drinks at a Party in Her Own Home While My Son Snapped His Fingers at Her. I Turned Around, Went to My Car, and Made One Phone Call.
” she finally said. The word came out quiet and permanent. “Okay, Richard. I’ll go.”
The safe house was a bungalow on the edge of town, plain and clean and impersonal. Dorothy sat on the couch with her arms around herself, adjusting to the concept of being somewhere her son could not find her. I called Shepherd from the kitchen.
