YOUR SISTER TOLD YOU TO HIDE IN THE ATTIC AND NOT TELL YOUR HUSBAND—THEN YOU FOUND THE PASSPORTS UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS

becomes the rule of your home.

No secret that makes you scared.

No adult gets to own the truth alone.

When Caleb writes from prison, you leave the first letter unopened for three weeks. It stays in a drawer like it’s alive. Eventually, your therapist asks what you fear it will say.

You answer, “Something kind.”

She understands.

When you finally open it, continue reading …