Back in the kitchen I pour myself a lime and tonic. (I couldn’t be bothered with the gin.) I’m sipping absently, nodding at my mother-in-law as if I’m hearing what she’s saying. I replay the picnic table conversation. I replay similar conversations over the past sixteen years. I sip. I nod.
I have the answer. I’m done.
I grab my purse and head for the door. My mother-in-law stops mid-sentence …
Bio:
donalee Moulton’s short stories and poetry have appeared in Prairie Fire, the Dalhousie Review, the Antigonish Review, After Dinner Conversation, and CAROUSEL, among other publications. She is a former co-editor of the Pottersfield Portfolio and served as the editor of Atlantic Books Today.