Mine

I leave a fake note from the paramedic

explaining to Peggy what’s happened.

I hear her downstairs.

Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.

And on the phone.

A fall … Yes … I don’t know …

I’ll go to the hospital now.

Then on the phone again:

A fall … Yes … I don’t know.

I spoke to Donal.

Yes, he will.

I will.

OK, Louise.

Yes.

She leaves.

She does not come back.

The house is mine.