Rylan

My dad placed a hundred dollar bill on the kitchen counter, I was 11 years old. I picked it up and held it up to the light, something I saw adults do. “That’s all the money we have,” my dad said. It was the most money I had ever handled in my life, but from the way my dad said this I knew it wasn’t enough. After he left the kitchen I let our dog out; I didn’t call him when he escaped the yard.