An Unopened Medical File From a Colorado Lake House Clinic

Lake. Caroline did not open it until she had finished pouring two mugs of black coffee. She used a dull butter knife to slit the top, her movements slow and deliberate, as if she already knew what was inside.

She read the single page twice, her eyes moving behind her reading glasses. The only sound in the kitchen was the hum of her old yellow refrigerator continue reading …