The Guard Asked Who They Were Here to See

against the edge of his napkin until the paper tore.

“I thought if I let you back in, I’d be telling you what you did was acceptable.”

Naomi finally spoke.

“Just so we’re clear, what she did was have me.”

No one in that little room moved.

My daughter held his gaze exactly the way I had once wished I could.

“If that’s the part you couldn’t accept, then this continue reading …