I Was Holding My Son’s T-Shirt When His Teacher Called And Said He Had Left Something Behind

Since Before the Lake
After a long time, Charlie pulled back slightly.

“There’s something else I need to show you,” he said.

He unbuttoned his shirt.

On the left side of his chest, placed directly over his heart, was a tattoo. Small and carefully rendered — Owen’s face, done in fine black lines, the particular expression he wore in the photograph from continue reading …