His Mother Called Me A Deadbeat At His Promotion Ceremony Until The Colonel Saluted Me First

arrived in a cloud of expensive perfume and calculated grace, her pearls catching the overhead lights, her camera positioned to catch the moment when her son became important enough to matter. She always arrived late to entrances. It gave people time to notice her arriving.

She did not notice me at first.

That was fine.

I was good at invisible.

It was continue reading …