When Eleanor Lost Access to Her Own Money, Everything Changed

inside me go very still.

Not calm.

Not peaceful.

Still.

Like the lake before a storm.

“I do,” I said. “Myself. For raising a man who thinks that sentence should frighten me.”

I closed the door.

He stood there a long moment.

Then he said, “You’ll regret this.”

I waited until his car pulled away.

Then I slid down the wall and sat on the floor.

My knees complained.continue reading …