The Signed Page
The folder was thin. I opened it on the hood of his truck with the wind pulling at the corners. The first page was a petition for divorce, and at …
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The Gold Locket
My mother opened the envelope at the head of the Sunday table, with all eleven of us watching, the gravy going cold and Uncle Ray sitting very still at the …
The Gold Locket Read MoreThe February Note
The note was on the back of a medical form, folded in half and tucked behind the February tab, and the handwriting was mine. Slanted, a little rushed, the letter …
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I do not have a sister. I have never had one. My mother had me late, at thirty nine, and she used to say that I was enough for any …
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Kelsey did not answer. She looked at the state seal on the binder in the hand of the man from the Department of Transportation, and I watched my daughter, my …
The Owl Sign Read MoreThe Graduation Card
I did not answer him. I looked at the X ray, held up to the window, and I saw the small pale bones of a child, with a line across …
The Graduation Card Read MoreThe Yellow Dress
Nobody spoke. The taco truck outside played something cheerful with a trumpet, and a child in the living room shrieked with laughter at nothing. Tyler stood in the doorway of …
The Yellow Dress Read MoreThe Pink Carnations
I opened my mouth, and nothing came out. When was the last time? I counted back through the days like beads on a string. Karen had called on my birthday …
The Pink Carnations Read MoreThe Pencil Line
Dwayne laughed first. It was a big, easy laugh, the kind he used on the lot when a farmer complained about a price. “Bonnie, honey, you know how Walt is. …
The Pencil Line Read MoreThe Red Tag
The paper trembled in my hand, though it was only one folded sheet. Your brake line did not just fail, Denise. Someone cut it. Tanya watched me read the lines …
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