« Nancy, honey, it’s Raymond. Just checking in on my favorite cousin. »
Favorite cousin. We’d barely spoken in 30 years. But since I’d moved back, Raymond called almost every week, always cheerful, always circling the same questions.
I already knew who it was.
« How’s the apartment treating you? Rent’s a killer at our age, isn’t it? » he said.
« I’m managing, Raymond. »