An Unopened Medical File From a Colorado Lake House Clinic

to the rhythmic creak of the chains.

“You are sitting very stiffly today, Olivia,” she said, her voice slow and quiet.

“Just a little stiff from the drive up,” I said.

“You have been sitting that way since you were a girl,” Susan said, her eyes tracking the movement of a bluejay on the lawn. “I remember when you fell in the cafeteria during your junior continue reading …