My Mom Called Asking When I Was Coming Back for the Baby Until I Realized Mine Was Already With Me

Late that night, my phone vibrated against the wooden crate I used as a nightstand, the sound cutting through the silence in the way that certain sounds do when your body recognizes them before your mind does. The screen lit up with my mother’s name, and something cold moved through me before I even sat up.

Diane Avery never called that late.

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