Pregnant For My Father-in-Law
“This is what he calls enough?”
I grabbed the apple anyway, bit into it hard, juice bursting tart and cold across my tongue. Chewed fast, swallowed, bit again. The bread next, tearing off chunks, forcing them down dry until my throat ached. The protein shake, chocolate-flavored, chalky and shaken hard then gulped in long swallows until it coated my tongue in artificial sweetness.
It wasn’t enough.
It never was.
But it was something.
I sat on the edge of the bed naked, crumbs on my thighs and shook an empty bottle in my hand.