Where did you get that ring

out sharp and wrong.

“You had eight months.”

His face tightened.

“I made mistakes.”

“You abandoned me.”

“I was confused.”

“My mother forgot my name twice in one week, and you were confused?”

His eyes flicked toward the mourners. He lowered his voice.

“This is not the time.”

“No,” I said. “The time was when I called you from the emergency room. The time was continue reading …