One Night Stand
Then the woman started talking.
“My name is Emma. I have been homeless for about four years now or going on five years now. My daughter dropped out of school, though she reads a lot while at the park. My daughter and I were living happily with my husband. One day he didn’t come home and days turned into a week, weeks turned into months, months to years. At the house we were staying at, we found out that it was sold. I used to work, but my husband made sure that I didn’t get employed by anyone. So I stopped trying and started selling lilies with my daughter for a living. We had nowhere to go. He left us to be with another rich woman. Then he brought the divorce papers for me to sign, and I di