you to let us move on.”
He looked at me for a long time. He had the glove in his hands, turning it over.
“He’s my godson,” he said quietly. “I promised David.”
“David’s gone.”
It came out much harder than I meant. Ray actually flinched, like I’d hit him.
He set the glove down on the porch step, very carefully. Then he put his hat on and walked back to his car.
I closed the door and leaned my back against it and slid down to the floor.
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