Miguel Martinez

What Has Become of You

“Excuse me, Miss. I know this is gonna’ sound weird, but a man on the Metrorail riding with me asked me to deliver this here. He gave me your address and said he was your husband. He looked in bad shape. Whatever it was he got into; it couldn’t have been good. He said to say he loves you. I don’t want any other part of this, but he showed me your picture on his phone so I would know it was you.” She took the envelope and watched the young boy step off her porch and walk away along the sidewalk. Her fear turned to confusion. She opened the bulky package to reveal $20,000 in mixed bills and pages scrawled in her husband’s handwriting.