General Fiction, Short Fiction

What Can Anyone Say by Matt Liebowitz

“This didn’t happen when we were in school.”

“That’s true, honey, it didn’t.”

“I just don’t get why now all of a sudden – wait, why do you? – you don’t have to sound so patronizing.”

“I’m just listening, honestly.” She changes from her robe into scrubs, loose fitting and dark purple as an eggplant. Her phone rings. She answers it on speaker. “Say hi to your father,” she says.

“Hi dad,” Lily says. “How’s the year so far?”

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