Inheritance
ShortStory 3,565 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
"The reading of Ma’s will marks the first time I’ve seen my mother in fifteen years. She looks frailer than I’d remembered, almost childlike, her limbs like disposable chopsticks under her gown. Her hospital room is decorated entirely with inoffensive colors, beige and charcoal and sea-foam green."
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