My Brother Hid a Recording Module Beneath His Daughter’s Dining Chair

She put a towel over it when the cleaning lady came.”

“Did your daddy see her do it?”

“She did it when he was at work.”

I asked if she was hungry.

She said the nurse had brought toast and it was cold.

The crust was still on the tray, curved like a small moon.

“Tomorrow I’ll get you warm toast.

With too much butter.”