“If you want dinner, lick it off the floor!” My son-in-law mocked me after knocking my plate down, while making a toast at dinner. I stood up, adjusted my coat, and said three words that left him completely terrified!

old. Claire is weak. I’m the only person in this family who knows how to win.”

I glanced toward the tiny camera hidden on the bookshelf behind a ceramic dove.

“You always talk too much,” I replied.

His expression hardened. “What did you say?”

I stood and slowly opened my coat.

Pinned inside was my old federal consultant badge, renewed six weeks earlier continue reading …