by Lee Gutkind
Up on her feet in a flash, she brushes herself off, blaming her skirt and shoes.
I rush down the steps, choking back tears, and hug her for as long as she’ll let me.
“I’m sorry,” I tell her. Sorry about everything. And I am.
And I’m not.
MARY BETH CASCHETTA is the author of the short story collection Lucy on the West Coast. The recipient of the 2004 Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award, she lives in Massachusetts.
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