‘I could see the parts of her that reminded me of him: the high forehead, the bulge of her eyelids, the dimple in her chin. Then I searched for parts of myself: the flecked color of her eyes, the upturn of her nose, the curve of her lower lip. But it was the other parts of her, the pieces I didn’t recognize at all, that scared me.‘

Read Fly Little Baby Bird on Belle Hombre, published 15 April 2020.