July 26, 2018 AD
Beetles on the Bus
The bus always feels the same—even when everything else has started to shift under your feet. Karen and Jane find their seats, shoulder to shoulder, wrapped in wool and the particular exhaustion of winter evenings. They talk about beetles and bad management, about walks that shouldn't happen in the dark. Then Luke calls. The conversation is brief. Normal enough. But after he hangs up, neither of them can shake the question: What do you really want, Luke Smith?







