Ashley Mallick – The morning after I rejected my best friend’s proposal of marriage at Union Station

The morning after I rejected my best friend’s proposal of marriage at Union Station Mom makes eggs one palm clasping the skillet handle, the other a spatula. Loose pieces of hair like flypaper glisten and cling to the sweat on her neck. Our AC’s broken, window cranked, Mom pauses mid-stir and looks at me elbow […]