Chapter 11: Court HearingAugust and Memo stood together in front of the 2022 calendar on the refrigerator a couple weeks later. Both had put on a suit and tie, and the words Court Hearing stood out.
“Maybe we should only write good things on our calendar.”
Memo turned so they faced one another. “The calendar is like life, really, good and bad.”
“Yeah. I guess.”
“We get through the bad by looking forward to the good.”
Though several versions of “Silent Night” had been played the day after Memo’s night of incarceration, they’d ignored a couple of boxes since, like the one that said, Get Christmas Tree. Memo wanted to wait.
Detox took more than a few days. Dr. Chelsea came by in person that first afternoon. She asked a lot of questions concerning frequency of use and dosage. She looked
