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urn the ke
e windows. I waited until I heard Dante come home, until we had our silent, tens
thouse was submerged in the d
moved like a ghost back to the study,
k, inserted the key in
e a soft, almost
wer sli
ned finding another phone, love letters, m
ty. Inside, there was only a
ers. Its simplicity felt more ominou
g the dim light from the desk lamp, I tipped it
ded sheet of paper.
top read *NewYork-Pr
ine of text hit me with th
"Vasectomy Proced
ame: Dant
k. A loud ringing filled my
to keep reading,
the bottom of the page.
nths before we even be
d. The nights he'd hold me, whispering, "Let's try again." My own guilt and shame when month after
procedure, the anxious two-week wait after the implantation. And Dante, by
rmance. A meticulo
. He knew I could never get pre
more than life itself, was built on
lid from the chair onto the cold, hard f
ng I believed to be true,
mpty. Eventually, my gaze refocused on the pa
asty, almost frantic pencil
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