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Desiree – Susan V. Meyers

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 14:38 — 0 Comments

The girl, Desiree, was perched on the front steps when I arrived. Although we’d never met, I recognized her. She was lean and dark: a tan, black-haired child a little too tall for her age. The pants she wore were cut off crooked around the knee; her skin was muddied and her shirt stained. As I pulled into the driveway, she sat brushing the hair of a naked Barbie doll, her expression dull and unamused. The rest of the house lay still. Good. I’d told my mother that I didn’t want to be interrupted. But my chore, I realized, would […]