The receipt was still warm from the printer when I folded it carefully and tucked it into my purse. Nineteen hundred and sixty-three dollars and seventy-five cents. The number felt […]
The sound came without warning, slicing through the afternoon stillness like a blade through silk. Joe’s calloused hands froze mid-motion, milk splashing against the metal pail as he straightened beside […]
The car arrived without warning. One moment, the wedding garden hummed with the ordinary music of celebration—champagne glasses clinking, violins playing something classical and forgettable, guests murmuring their approval of […]
The mahogany table stretched across my parents’ formal dining room like a stage awaiting its performers. Sixteen place settings gleamed under the crystal chandelier, each positioned with the kind of […]