BREN “Dad?” This couldn’t—no. How? I glanced at Channing. His jaw was clenching. His eyes fierce, and he was glaring a hole in our dad’s head. “What?” I moved forward a step. “How?” “Honey.” His voice was choked up. “Bren.” It was night, but the full moon was out. A few streetlights shone over us so I could see him good enough. He seemed taller. Was he? More thin. But he was more refined. Or maybe I wasn’t remembering him right? He looked good. I mean, good for coming from prison. Wait. Prison. My head was spinning. I turned to my brother. “Chan?” He reached out, closing his eyes as he placed a hand on my shoulder. He visibly shook himself, so when he turned to me, he’d gone through a complete transformation. The tension wasn’t reflected anymore and his hand trembled from the ef

