The Perfect Family
“When Jamie got in after school, he peeked into her bedroom and asked if she was all right. She told him she just hadn’t gotten enough rest lately. Amazing how lies fell freely from your lips when life has shifted out of focus like a camera lens you couldn’t quite get right no matter how many times you adjusted it.
The phone rang and Jamie answered it. From downstairs she heard, “Mom, it’s for you.”
“I’ve got it.” She picked up the extension by her bed. “Hello.”
A cough on the other end. “Maggie..., this is John Miller.”
John Miller. Did she know a John Miller?
“Darcy’s brother.”
Darcy Miller Larson was Maggie’s best friend in high school. Maggie had a crystal-clear memory of one Christmas in Cornwall long ago, when she’d gone over to visit Darcy. She’d stood outside the Millers’ quaint stone house, which resembled a Thomas Kincaid cottage, with the snow falling around her, looking through the window, watching Darcy, her mother, father, and brothers gather around their fireplace.MoreLess
The phone rang and Jamie answered it. From downstairs she heard, “Mom, it’s for you.”
“I’ve got it.” She picked up the extension by her bed. “Hello.”
A cough on the other end. “Maggie..., this is John Miller.”
John Miller. Did she know a John Miller?
“Darcy’s brother.”
Darcy Miller Larson was Maggie’s best friend in high school. Maggie had a crystal-clear memory of one Christmas in Cornwall long ago, when she’d gone over to visit Darcy. She’d stood outside the Millers’ quaint stone house, which resembled a Thomas Kincaid cottage, with the snow falling around her, looking through the window, watching Darcy, her mother, father, and brothers gather around their fireplace.MoreLess
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