Stealing Bases (2011)
“I decide to take a seat on a bench outside the hotel in the hopes that a cab will appear with some tourists in tow. Not all of them are smart enough to rent a car, right?
Fortunately, my strategy pays off. Just a few seconds later, a cab pulls up and an elderly couple emerges. I swiftly slide into the backseat.
“Where to?” the driver asks.
I hesitate and then give him Zachary’s address. He nods at me in the rearview mirror and flips on the meter. I relax against the black leather and gaze out t...he window. Staring out, I spot a little girl with pigtails clutching a kite. Her parents stroll behind her, arms intertwined.
I’ll never have that again, I think. An intact family. Two proud parents. A tribe. A tear forms in the corner of my eye and I wipe it before it can slip down my cheek.
I pull my phone out from my jacket pocket and scroll through to my mom’s number.
Please. Please. Please pick up. I really need to talk to you right now.
“You have reached the voice mailbox of Catherine Collins.MoreLess
Fortunately, my strategy pays off. Just a few seconds later, a cab pulls up and an elderly couple emerges. I swiftly slide into the backseat.
“Where to?” the driver asks.
I hesitate and then give him Zachary’s address. He nods at me in the rearview mirror and flips on the meter. I relax against the black leather and gaze out t...he window. Staring out, I spot a little girl with pigtails clutching a kite. Her parents stroll behind her, arms intertwined.
I’ll never have that again, I think. An intact family. Two proud parents. A tribe. A tear forms in the corner of my eye and I wipe it before it can slip down my cheek.
I pull my phone out from my jacket pocket and scroll through to my mom’s number.
Please. Please. Please pick up. I really need to talk to you right now.
“You have reached the voice mailbox of Catherine Collins.MoreLess
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