clearly overwhelmed by her caseload, managed to argue convincingly for it.
He walked back to his apartment and sat in his kitchen and thought for a very long time.
He did not call Marcus.
He did not call Darnell.
He did not call Calvin.
He had the numbers.
He had always had the numbers, had called them on birthdays and holidays and the random Tuesday evenings when he just wanted to hear their voices, but he put the phone down every time.
Because the charges were one thing.
The charges
