I Let Him Finish Laughing First

the attorney, never showed. Smartest thing he did all day.

The band packed up in silence except for the drummer, who kept absentmindedly tapping a rim with one stick until the singer hissed at him to stop.

My phone started buzzing in the folds of my skirt. My boss. Then our legal department. Then a reporter whose number I didn’t know. Then another.

I continue reading …