FOUR
After I left my family and Joanie, I sat in my car for a moment and breathed—and listened to the sound of my breathing. Normally if something like this had happened, I would be sitting in my car drinking and making a date.
Normally in the past. But this wasn’t the past. It was here and now. What did I need to do now?
First up, I had to get the diamond bracelet from Enrique. I shouldn’t call him on my phone just in case the police one day got a hold of my phone records. I had disposable phones down at my writing studio—old ones that I had when I was drinking and screwing. In my former life as a double-lifer.
I drove down the hill to the writing studio, parked the car, and went inside. I hadn’t been for a couple weeks so the air was stale. I felt anxious. Even though I had redone th
