My Mother Locked the Gate on Me

upright without permission.

I sat on a plastic chair near the vending machines.

The Snickers row was empty.

That annoyed me more than it should have.

Maribel Had a Different Story

Maribel found me there twenty minutes later.

She sat two chairs away at first.

Then one chair away.

Then right beside me, like we were kids again and she was scared of thunder.

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