If you’d have asked me then if I was happy, I would have said yes. I certainly didn’t think I was missing anything
No, Malky, I won’t. You’ll all but forget about me, but I will be left with a hole in my heart where you used to be. If I happen to pass this house, I’ll wonder if I dreamed these days I was on the inside.
Of course, I don’t say that. I just let out a sigh, the depth of which, I hope, is lost on little Malky.
“Malky, sweetie, when your parents come home, your Mommy is going to put you to sleep.”
“But Mommy doesn’t stay until I fall asleep. And sometimes she doesn’t even have time to read a story. She says Shema and leaves.”
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