A Father's Reckoning

Damon sat in his home office, laptop open on the desk in front of him. The screen glowed in the dim room, casting shadows across his face. He'd been nursing the same glass of whiskey for an hour, the ice long melted, diluting the amber liquid to a watery brown.

His phone had been ringing nonstop. Friends. Business associates. Even his own mother. Everyone wanted to know if what those kids were say