Too Late for Regret
for the nameless families impacted by that bloodbath.
The lives I owed, I would pay for with cash, and with blood.
My mother called three times, displaying as “Unknown Number,” probably rerouted through the parish line.
“Rhea, is the desert too harsh? Are you short on cash?”
“I’m alright.”
“Your father… he has a temper, but honestly—”
“I know.”
Two sentences in, and the line went silent on both ends. She hung up first, like softly closing an iron gate.
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