I Saw Her Leave Two Children at the Gate

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“Name?”

She paused a beat too long. “Cynthia.”

Bender waited.

She added nothing.

“Cynthia what?”

“I don’t remember her last name.”

Harper made a small sound. Not crying. More like a swallowed hiccup.

I looked at Olivia. “They told me you said you couldn’t keep them anymore.”

Her eyes moved to me then, really seeing me for the first time. The suit. The watch.continue reading …