Quarantine: Stories by Rahul Mehta

Author:Rahul Mehta [Mehta, Rahul]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2011-06-07T04:00:00+00:00

Seven

What We Mean

Mind the deer, dear.

This is the note my boyfriend leaves me a week before he leaves me. We are both writers and clever with words. I am more clever than he is. When his dear john letter comes it is full of clichés.

Carson means it. Not the dear john letter; the mind the deer, dear one. I am a terrible driver, and the road I travel is famous for errant deer. A co-worker—already on probation with her insurance company for having had three accidents (all no-fault) in as many years—struck one. She is still in the hospital recovering, and her car insurance has been canceled. I believe my boyfriend is genuinely concerned for me, and that to him I am, if nothing else, at least dear.

The dear john letter, on the other hand, he doesn’t mean. I am certain of that. What he means is meaner and more true.

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