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Forks In The Road
Darcy and I stare at Walter through shatterproof glass at the prison during visiting hours.
Walter’s handcuffed knuckles, pressing against his temples, are white. “Toasting forks?! Those thirty-inch-long skewers you use for toasting marshmallows?”
I nod. “I put them out with the salad at dinner.”
“How could you?” he sputters.
Darcy grimaces. “Sorry, guys. I didn’t mean to get expelled for jabbing people.”
“It’s not your fault, Darce,” Walter says. “Mom should’ve known better than to give you the exact weapons I used for the trail of destruction that landed me here.”
I sigh. “I was trying to normalize them.”
From Guest Contributor Susmita Ramani
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