” he gasped out, his voice cracking. “Please. Stop this. Tell her to get off me. They’re going to ruin me. I’ll go to prison. You can’t do this to your own son.”
I looked down at him from my end of the table. For a fleeting, agonizing second, I saw the ghost of the little boy who used to stand on a wooden stool just to help me punch down the heavy dough.continue reading …