“He let you go?”
My big brother snickered. “Guess you got some of the brains in the family. Yes, he let me go. He had to. I told him about the insurance. I told him what little I knew. And I told him I had no interest in f*****g up his life. Then I told him you didn’t know anything either and that you were going home. Guess Daddy somehow managed to corroborate that and then promptly set me free. So, did you go home?”
I paused, wondering how to proceed. “No, not exactly. But he thinks I did. And I’m about to make it so he thinks I’m not coming back anytime soon.”
“Why?” he asked. “Why the f**k not? Just go already. Go like you did before and stay away like you did before. I don’t need you in my life; I don’t want you in my life. Our granny’s gone. There’s no need for you to stay here.”
