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“Well, is that right? Television isn’t real life, sweetie. Neither are the movies. Believe you me, you know nothing about love. You won’t learn nothing about the real world from there. All that stuff you see on TV is make-believe. Your Aunty Vanessa? Good God. She doesn’t know much about anything let alone love. Kaycee, [...]
Absolutely
She turned away from me, like it was her failing, while I lay on my back. It was also me who got up first, collecting my singlet and briefs from the floor on my way to the bathroom. The light, the room’s whiteness, was merciless as ever.
When I returned, she was gone, clattering around with [...]
Ruins
The children lie asleep in the dawn light. She, their mother, stands against the wall, out of the mirrored dressing table’s gaze.
When the call had come, piercing her sleep, she slid a hand across the cold bed to discover she was alone under the sheets. In the darkness, she fumbled for the phone then put [...]