a long time.
Then wrote: I hope your baby is healthy. That’s all I can offer.
Ruby replied: He is. Thank you.
No further messages followed.
A month later, my mother called again. This time I answered.
“Hi,” she said, voice small.
“Hi.”
She hesitated. “I’m not asking you to fix anything,” she said quickly. “I know I don’t have that right.”
I waited.
“I just continue reading …
