Part Two: NOT MY SINNER

Part 2. We’re working from the past to the present, to see what led up to Chapter One.

Chapter Two

The calm…

“You plan to ignore me until I’m gone?”

Tommy kept his focus on his plate, ignoring Mateo’s question. The key to ignoring someone effectively was to act as if they didn’t exist. And right now, the man opposite him at the breakfast table didn’t exist. He forked scrambled eggs into his mouth while composing a text for the real estate guy.

“Aw, T. C’mon. I won’t be gone that long.” Mateo never...