“My Father Said You Needed A Wife,” She Whispered… And I Said, “He Was Right”

clutched the bird against her chest, breathing fast, and said she just didn’t want them to die, making me grab her shoulders with shaking hands and point out that chickens can be replaced while she couldn’t.

She looked at me, hearing what I hadn’t said aloud about how the thought of losing her had terrified me more than anything in years, and whispered continue reading …