As soon as I arrived, I could tell she didn't like me. She ignored me for the longest time: pretended I wasn't there. Until she couldn't pretend anymore. I admit, I forced myself on her. I was not invited. I never am. This has made me opportunistic. I look for weaknesses: a window left ajar […]
We are at the supermarket. There is the intermittent beeping as our groceries are scanned. I look down at little Zee in his pram. I look at his little legs. And then I look up at the checkout woman. I wonder if she has noticed. “Oh, little one!” I exclaim, “Look at your poor little […]
He was in the bath. The water was so warm. But something didn't feel right. His father came in to find him this way. Sitting in the bath, fully clothed and looking confused. Sitting in the bath his parents had run and then left unattended. The bath he had slipped into without so much as […]
