Sunday, October 25, 2026
Mavenlus
Original serialized fiction · New parts every week
PART 2 OF 12

Bread, Mostly

Mavenlus DeskFICTION

We got to the main course before it started, which was later than usual.

"Now," Margaret said. "Somebody remind me what your father does, Sarah."

She knew what my father does. She had asked in March. She had asked in the June before that.

"He's retired."

"From?"

"He drove a delivery route. Thirty-one years, the same route."

"How steady," she said.

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