My Granddaughter Was Left Behind While They Went on Vacation So I Showed Up the Next Day

left drawer of my desk. Under old legal pads and a dead printer cable I kept meaning to discard was a small digital recorder, black, about the size of a lighter. I turned it over in my hand. Old lawyers never entirely stop being old lawyers. I packed a bag. Suit, shirts, medication, legal folder. By 4:50 I was dressed and waiting at the door.

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