HE GAVE MY PLACE TO HIS MISTRESS. OUR SON GAVE ME THE COMPANY

old possessive grammar.

Have him.

As though love were inventory.

“Julian is not an asset.”

“He waited sixteen years.”

“He respected sixteen years.”

Graham laughed once.

“You think he is better than me?”

“I think he does not need me to be smaller.”

That silenced him.

The quartet had stopped playing.

Across the room, Owen stood beside his table.

He had seen his continue reading …