My Mother Showed Up After The Concert

ceiling tile above her head. There was a brown water stain shaped like Florida.

“Okay.”

“No, I mean, I really didn’t. Mom said you were being… I don’t know. Mom.”

That almost made me laugh. It came out wrong, like a cough with teeth.

Christina stepped closer.

“Why didn’t you call me?”

“You were with her.”

“You could have called me.”

“I was on the floor, Chris.continue reading …