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. …

watched me.

“This is where I ask you again whether you want to keep going.”

I let my eyes rest on Ellen’s photograph. She had always accused me, lovingly, of believing every moral problem could be solved by dragging it into proper light. Perhaps she was right. But darkness had not done much for my son.

“Show me the part that takes it from suspicious to continue reading …