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Authors

Henry Woodbury

Keywords

mother, rest home, asylum

Document Type

Fiction

Description

Mother has been in Buffalo since she got out of the asylum, and now Alfie and his wife, Julianne, are bringing her home. Catherine and I talk about this on the way to the Greyhound station. I say, "Alfie says we can trust Mother." Catherine says, "Maybe he can, but what about you?" I touch my cheek with two fingers. I have a trail of scar tissue beneath my eye that marks a huge difference between Alfie and me. This scar shows where Mother fired a bullet across my face.

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