You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Its afternoon and we are at Grammie’s house when my Step Dad comes in wearing his police uniform after work. He sits down at the table and Connor appraises him, looks and me and then says seriously to him, “Papa Chuck, I don’t want to tell you this but Mommy has a library book and its WAAAYYY overdue.” My Step dad responds, “She does?” at which point Connor reiterates just to be sure that he’s being clear. “It’s WAY overdue.”
I asked my Step Dad to arrest me, because the thought of 3 meals a day that I didn’t have to cook, a facility with outside time and a gym seems like a spa retreat to me, but he wasn’t buying it.
I guess it’s time to talk to Connor about family loyalty. Or maybe just about library fines.