Nuclear Family by Joseph Han

Author:Joseph Han
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781640094871
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 2022-04-04T00:00:00+00:00

Grace

The worst thing to happen would be getting found out. Better to stay on the floor, hidden from the public eye. Her parents, even, who were beginning to suspect, already inquiring about Grace doing more laundry, long periods spent in the shower using all the hot water, a question knocking about the pungent fragrance crawling from beneath her door like a mist, behind which Grace was a cloud bouncing around her room raining Febreze in every corner, aiming the nozzle at any sign of smoke. Jeong Emoh had called about the good news. Umma nearly collapsed again, heaving with tears. Having burned right through a bowl packed to the brim, Grace would soon learn to pace herself, starting with half a bowl or a pinch when she always had green. She got up too fast, feeling sluggish and heavy, a lighthouse on fire, its beam too focused on everything at once, her mind droning on like a microwave set to a few hours, thoughts popping up inside and rotating as they’re worked on, with the exception of J, a clump of used tin foil. It had been three months since ’s detainment. She needed to slow down, be more discreet. Burn the edges and work her way to the center, lighter flame crawling across a field. flower , kept her thinking about .

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