“I’m sorry to have to drag everyone back here.” I looked around the circle of faces that included my parents, Dana, my sister and Lance. I’d purposely left Beth and Cole on duty back at the barn while we adults hashed a few things out. “We have something we need to talk about as a family that really can’t wait.”
“Let me start by saying briefly that I got a call from the County Morgue today. No one has claimed JD’s body. I called his sister Gloria. She and Tom didn’t claim him because they can’t afford to bury him. JD already owed them a couple grand on top of whatever his funeral expenses will be.”
Mom started to speak, “Now Melissa, we don’t want to be volunteering anything for him. He was abusive to Kris and just plain no good all the way...”
I held up a hand to stop her. “Hear me out
