The Ink of Forty Years: How My Mother’s First Visit in Nine Years Exposed What Dad Left Behind
The steam coming off the chamomile tea carried that particular scent of dried honey and clover that my...
Author: Jerry B. Case
The Box in the Back of the Closet: How My Wife’s Missing $9,800 and Twenty-Year Secret Led Us to Leo
The grey plastic mail bin on our front porch had a cracked corner where the delivery driver had...
The House Beside the Lake: How My Sons’ Retirement Dinner Argument Backfired
The beef medallions at the Chop House were lukewarm by the time Marcus finally stopped talking about his...
The Cedar Inheritance: How My Stepmother’s Fake Thrift Store Donation Backfired When I Found Her Brother’s Name on the Receipt
The seventh stair from the bottom has always had this particular dry shriek, a sharp little crack that...
The Shadow on the Title: How My Mother-In-Law’s Eight-Month Guest Stay Backfired When I Called the County Clerk
The key to the back door of the house my father built with his own two hands has...
The Witness Line on the Quick-Sale Contract: How Clara’s Forgery Backfired When I Called Julian
The envelope containing the cashier check for the town hall roof repair was still sitting right beside the...
The Distance We Carry: How My Brother’s Extra Truck Miles Backfired When Chloe Called at Midnight
The mileage on the trip meter didn’t make any sense on a Sunday evening when I backed my...
The Weight of Inheritance: How My Stepdaughter’s Public Humiliation Backfired When Eleanor Brought Out the Leather Album
Forty-four years of marriage to Arthur meant I understood the particular weight of a silent house. When I...
The Four Hundred Printed Pages: How My Daughter’s School Silence Exposed Our Suburban Secret
The kitchen was quiet except for the low hum of the refrigerator and the steady drip of the...
The 400 Printed Pages: How My Daughter’s School Silence Exposed Our Suburban Secret
The kitchen was quiet except for the low hum of the refrigerator and the steady drip of the...