A Conversation Between Two Men

“Hey, man.”

“Hey, brother. What’s going on?”

“So I need to ask you something weird.”

“If I don’t think it’s weird, what does that say about me?”

“Your family’s okay, right?”

“I guess so.”

“Your parents?”

“Yeah.”

“Because my mom heard something weird from the neighbor of another neighbor in the old neighborhood who told my mom that your dad passed away.”

(pause)

“I’m pretty sure they would have told me about that…but I guess I better call home.”

Postscript: Chris’s dad is not dead, and was surprised to hear he was supposed to be. Someone on his street did die suddenly, but it wasn’t him, and their street is still a two and a half hour drive from the old neighborhood where the news had spread.

Posted by: Supersonic Jane | July 5, 2006 | 2:21 pm
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