ADVERTISEMENT
“Neither does betrayal.”
Then I walked out of the room.
No one stopped me.
The front door opened on bright late-morning sun.
The driveway glittered faintly with leftover frost in the shaded spots near the stone wall.
A delivery truck hummed somewhere down the street.
Ordinary life, moving on schedule.
I stood on the front steps longer than necessary, breathing.continue reading …
ADVERTISEMENT