I Found Something Strange In My Smoke Detector

back shelf above the pantry, a little faded, still upright.

And then Travis made the mistake.

He leaned back in his chair, lifted his coffee, and said it in the softest, most practiced voice.

“You’ve been taking the medicine from the blue bottle, right, Dad?”

I did not answer right away.

There was no blue bottle on the table.

There was no reason for him continue reading …