Food
He described himself as a man who had lost control during a difficult period.
He never explained the rotten apples, the videos, the planned dinner, or the weld around the cage door.
His mother said she had only wanted to keep the family together.
I looked at the woman who had worn the only key like jewelry and understood that her definition of family had always required someone else to remain trapped.
I did not answer either of them.
The record already had their voices.
Construction & Maintenance
After the case ended, I moved into a modest apartment where sunlight reached the kitchen floor in the morning.
