Mere Flesh
ShortStory 5,226 words Recommended by 1 award/anthology source
"Even with my Airpods in, I heard the kids yelling as they ran up from the dock. I bumped up the volume on my laptop and kept updating Arjun about my meeting with the FloriHealth team. I was happy my kids were feeling rambunctious on our Florida trip, but they didn’t always grasp that I wasn’t here on vacation."
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