”

I looked at the folder on the table.

Then at my daughter.

Then at the photograph of Celeste wearing my pendant beneath an American flag.

“No,” I said.

My voice never wavered.

“He wanted an audience.”

I closed the folder.

“Let’s give him one.”

PART 4

For one full week, I became so calm that it unsettled everyone near me.

Audrey kept asking whether I had slept.continue reading …