CNU-My daughter-in-law said Christmas would be easier if I stayed away, and my son did not even raise his eyes to defend me. So I stayed home, alone, exactly as requested. …

the hearings because I believed absence would be a lesser cowardice than presence, but cowardice all the same.

Federal courtrooms smell the same everywhere: recycled air, carpet cleaner, stale coffee, institutional restraint. Linda wore navy and tried to look like the most competent woman in any room she entered. Vincent looked older by ten years and continue reading …