I Came Home From Work and Found My Baby in a Condition I Will Never Forget – The Archivist

people they’ve spent a lifetime making excuses for.

Simon didn’t laugh back. He just looked at me with quiet patience.

“I want you to do something,” he said. “Tonight, tell your parents you lost it all. Bad investments. Everything gone. Then watch who contacts you first. Watch what they say.”

“That’s cruel,” I said.

“Is it?” He leaned forward slightly.continue reading …