You ask me to visit, that you want to see your grandkids.

Well, Howard is in one of his moods. It’s easier to appease him and make it up to you later. I’ll sneak away some other afternoon.

But heart attacks aren’t bound by schedules. And nothing erases the regret.

Mexican-born writer Germain M.C. grew up in the Southern United States and currently lives in Europe, where he works as an English tutor. His flash work draws from a decade as a research chemist and a lifetime as an immigrant, with published pieces in 365tomorrows, fiveminutelit, and Stonecrop Review.