He Lost It All

Todd C. Frankel (Thanks, Mark): CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO.

His ex-wife gave him $25 for gas. She didn't need to. But she did. Somehow he had to get to court tomorrow. His borrowed Jeep was out of gas. And as was often the case these days, Scott Moyers was out of money and long ago out of options. So his ex-wife agreed to help. She didn't want any more missed hearings. No more arrests. No more excuses. He was going to go before that judge and take some measure of responsibility for all that he'd done.

That was the plan, at least. But tomorrow was still far away.

So Scott got a ride from his neighbor Don up to his ex-wife's house, where his family lived, what used to be his home, in a nicer part of…