My Uncle Borrowed Money And Disappeared Repeatedly Until He Needed My Help And I Gave One Final Answer

said again, his voice breaking open. “Kyle, I—”

“Uncle Rick,” I said, “I need to ask you something before we go any further.”

“Anything,” he said, and I believed he meant it in the specific way of people who will agree to any terms when they’re desperate.

“Do you know how much money you’ve borrowed from me?”

A pause. The sound of someone recalibrating.continue reading …