I Came Home From Teaching All Day to Find a Lock on My Own Pantry

over Clare’s shoulder and found me in the kitchen, embarrassed, not knowing what to say.

Sarah left the cake on the table. She gave me a stiff kiss on the cheek. She didn’t come back for two months.

My friend Carol stopped coming on Thursdays. The last time she arrived, Clare was doing yoga in the living room with music going and incense burning, and continue reading …