didn’t answer.
He looked at me, then at Jason.
And then he said something that changed the entire evening.
“Ask your son what he did to Emily.”
Before I could ask anything else, Richard pulled away and headed toward his car.
Seconds later, he was gone.
I stood in the backyard staring toward the driveway.
Jason had not moved.
I turned to him.
“Who is Emily?”
Jason looked down.
After several seconds of silence, he finally said:
“She’s my ex-girlfriend.”
My stomach tightened.
“Why does Richard know her?”
Jason swallowed.
