When I Found You
“In fact, he had been to visit every day since Nat’s incarceration. But on this day he made more of a production of the visit. He tried to make it special without being sad, as special occasions in tragic circumstances tend to be.
He brought a birthday cupcake — a whole cake seemed excessive under the circumstances — half a roast duck in foil in a paper grocery sack, a photograph of the still-unnamed pup, and a small wrapped gift.
He stepped through the front door of the county facility, silentl...y mourning how familiar the place had become.
“Ah. You,” Officer Frawley said as Nathan signed in.
Nathan could still see his own name prominent on the sign-in sheet among yesterday’s visitors. There were only two, save himself.
“Yes,” Nathan said. “Me.”
It was a veiled criticism of the kind of useless prattle Nathan despised. Any type of small talk was abhorrent to him. But the officer had no way of knowing that, so it had not been a rude comment, or at least could not have been perceived as such.MoreLess
He brought a birthday cupcake — a whole cake seemed excessive under the circumstances — half a roast duck in foil in a paper grocery sack, a photograph of the still-unnamed pup, and a small wrapped gift.
He stepped through the front door of the county facility, silentl...y mourning how familiar the place had become.
“Ah. You,” Officer Frawley said as Nathan signed in.
Nathan could still see his own name prominent on the sign-in sheet among yesterday’s visitors. There were only two, save himself.
“Yes,” Nathan said. “Me.”
It was a veiled criticism of the kind of useless prattle Nathan despised. Any type of small talk was abhorrent to him. But the officer had no way of knowing that, so it had not been a rude comment, or at least could not have been perceived as such.MoreLess
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