Sublime

Bird

But this was the home I had chosen.

“Don’t worry,” she said. “I’m the only one here. The two

Even after the ringing stopped, the sound of the bell lingered in the indoor evening gloom like dust floating in the air.

Weird. Food one minute, garbage the next.

The last thing I wanted to do was think.

And so I had quit my job. I was loading groceries into the refrigerator when the phone rang. The