My Grandfather Asked Why I Was Walking With My Baby

on the market with a bright red sign in the yard.

I drove past it once.

Not because I wanted to.

Because the grocery store route took me near the neighborhood, and for the first time, I did not turn away.

The windows looked ordinary.

That surprised me.

I expected it to look haunted.

But houses do not confess.

People do.

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