After My Father’s

locks on Dad’s office.

Then I changed the nameplate.

Not to Miles Hale.

Not even to Edward Whitaker.

The new brass plate read:

CARRIE WHITAKER
PRESIDENT

I stood staring at it for a long time.

Lily came up beside me.

“Too much?” I asked.

She shook her head. “About time.”

When I stepped inside, Dad’s peppermint bowl was back on the desk.

Full.

A note from Eddie sat continue reading …