The Guard Asked Who They Were Here to See

I told him I was pregnant, he cried.

Then he said he’d take care of us.

Then he vanished in less than a month.

He didn’t die. Didn’t get drafted. Didn’t get kidnapped by wolves. He left a note on the kitchenette table written on the back of a Waffle House receipt.

I’m sorry. I’m not cut out for this.

That was it.

I kept that receipt for years because hate continue reading …