her scarf twisted wrong. My father had the stiff posture of a man who knew the ground was gone but kept pretending he was standing on it.
“Savannah,” my mother began, “we can work this out.”
I crossed my arms.
“Work what out?”
“The loan,” my father said. “The posts. All of it. Heather is under pressure. People are talking. We just need this handled privately.continue reading …