long-ago

Benson laughs as he recalls one long-ago night on the road with his friend.

Conger might not tell them about the group texts with long-ago teammates in which Trout still participates, or the random videos Trout sends, like the one of Conger breaking his bat and popping up.

And then that long-ago history can be repeated once again.

While Veytia may have paid his dues under U.S. law, they say his mostly anonymous victims in Mexico, some long-ago slain or disappeared, merit a reckoning.

“I do not mean a Monet poster from a long-ago art exhibition, but one from a much cooler event, like a film festival or your early adulthood. Something you can’t make yourself get rid of.”