My Life Among the Apes by Cary Fagan

Author:Cary Fagan [Fagan, Cary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Short Stories (Single Author)
ISBN: 9781770860872
Publisher: Cormorant Books
Published: 2012-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

IT WAS SARAH, MY OLDEST, who gave me the cellphone. And she who called me every day.

“All right, Mom, enough is enough. It’s time to come home.”

It was as if she was trying to reverse our roles. I could imagine her moving about the house, just twelve blocks from my own, picking up kids’ toys or maybe pulling things from the fridge to start dinner. My two younger ones were busy with their own messy adventures and called me every week or so. But Sarah, the one who tried so hard to replicate her parents’ life as she saw it, made me want to scream.

“I know, sweetheart. It’s hard not having me there. And nobody wants to see her mother enjoying herself.”

“I hope you don’t believe that. I’m worried about your safety. You could get mugged or worse, God forbid.”

God forbid? She sounded like her late grandmother. “New York is safe these days, honey. And maybe you forgot about the home invasion around the corner from you? Or that pervert they haven’t caught who goes through open windows and steals girls’ underwear. I think we can manage a little separation for a while, Sarah. Your father was gone on his buying trips all the time.”

“Okay, fine. If it’s not about safety, then it’s about your plan to see that woman. That’s perverse. I know what Dad did was awful. I mean, if Gary ever tried, I’d run him over with the van. But Dad is gone. You don’t need to demean yourself.”

I looked out the window and saw two people carrying a rolled-up rug, like in The Godfather. “Sarah, you worry too much. I shouldn’t have told you about it; that was a weak moment. I’m not going to demean myself. But I want to meet the woman who was part of your father’s life for almost ten years. Who was expecting his next visit when he died.”

“He never left you, Mom. Not in all that time.”

“I wish he had,” I said.

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