November 18, 2022
“Montse asked the Señora about the key around her neck. It wasn’t a real question, Montse was just talking so that she could stay a moment longer. But the Señora said she wore it because she was waiting for someone; at this Montse forgot herself and blurted: ‘You too?’
The Señora was amused. ‘Yes, me too. I suppose we’re all waiting for someone.’ And she told Montse all about it as she poured coffee into vases for them both. (It was true! It was true!)”
Today’s story is “Books and Roses” by Helen Oyeyemi.
Read it here