They Thought I Would Stay Quiet Until The Title Records Surfaced And Changed Everything

pretense. “We’ve been thinking of a plan.”

“Stop,” Benjamin said.

She blinked. “Excuse me?”

“There is no plan that includes me.”

His father’s palm hit the table hard enough to make the silverware jump. “You will not speak to your mother that way.”

“I’m speaking to both of you like adults, which is more than I’ve been given.” He kept his voice level and continue reading …