End of the Century by Chris Roberson

Author:Chris Roberson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: 2013-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

There was always one kid, in every grade-school class, who called the teacher “Mom.” It seemed an inescapable fact of life. And that they would then be known as the “kid who called the teacher Mom” for the rest of the school year.

Alice hadn't been that kid, but she'd sat next to him once, and had joined in with the others in teasing him mercilessly.

She hadn't thought of that kid in years. But when she opened her mouth and almost, but not quite, called Stillman “Dad,” she couldn't help but remember him.

“What's that, love?” Stillman was fixing them breakfast. To get a proper start before they hit the road, he said.

Alice had just been about to ask him something about their plans, but every memory of what's she'd been about to say was driven from her memory as soon as she uttered the “Da-” syllable. She thought about playing it off, calling him “Daddio” like some hipster doofus from fifty years before, like Marty McFly in Back to the Future, but didn't have the heart to try.

“Nothing,” Alice said, shaking her head.

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