The Groom’s Father Recognized Me While I Was Clearing Dishes At My Sister’s Engagement Party

circles in the way embarrassing stories spread, with additions and adjustments and the particular distortion that comes from multiple retellings. I have not attempted to correct the record or manage the narrative.

The record is clear enough.

My court opens at nine.

I have a long docket, a complicated case, and a stack of briefs I have been reading since continue reading …