Born a Crime

country. But even as my life was
moving forward, the questions
about my dad were always there in
the back of my mind, bubbling up to
the surface now and then. “I
wonder where he is. Does he think
about me? Does he know what I’m
doing? Is he proud of me?” When a
parent is absent, you’re left in the
lurch of not knowing, and it’s so
easy to fill that space with negative
thoughts. “They don’t care.”
“They’re selfish.” My one saving
grace was that my mom never
spoke ill of him. She would always
compliment him. “You’re good with
your money. You get that from your