The Name On The Log
In 2019 I had reported a family for stealing pills from an elderly patient, and nobody believed me, and the agency put me on probation and I nearly lost my …
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The Uncashed Check
The check was signed by Mrs. Hattie, dated November 2012, never cashed, the amount line left blank. Behind it was a letter, and the first line said, Darlene, I was …
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The card said Amanda Reyes, Attorney, Indiana Department of Child Services. She smiled through tears and said she became a lawyer for the kids nobody notices, the way I had …
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It was a motion to dismiss, State of Rhode Island versus Salvatore Mancini, signed by the Honorable Thomas J. Whitaker. I never knew he was the judge on my husbands …
The Judges Signature Read MoreThe 1979 Survey
The red line on the survey was not where Brent said. It was twelve feet the other way, on his daddys side, and under it, in Mr. Clarences hand, it …
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The note said, Today really is the day, and under it Mr. Gus had written the rest. Rita, I never checked a single ticket in ten years. I did not …
Where The Money Went Read MoreThe Custody Letter
The letter was from an attorney to my ex-husbands lawyer, dated November 2023, the same month his lawyer suddenly dropped everything and my custody case settled overnight. I never knew …
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Behind the note I wrote my third week on the job was a clipping from the El Paso Times, an embezzlement case at First Federal, two million dollars, a man …
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Under the placemat was a second document, the Last Will and Testament of Walter J. Hammond, and Mr. Kline turned it so I could see the second page. My name …
The Placemat Will Read MoreThe Admission Essay
Stapled behind the scholarship was Dannys admission essay, titled The Man They Fired For Saving My Life, and his father told me it would run in the Des Moines Register …
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