My Grandfather Asked Why I Was Walking With My Baby

black sedan pulled up beside the curb.

The rear window slid down.

And there was my grandfather, Charles Whitaker, staring at me like he had just seen a ghost.

His eyes moved from my pale face to Noah, then to the broken-down bicycle I was pushing through the cold.

“Madison,” he said slowly. “Answer me. Why are you not driving the Cadillac I gave you?”

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