Charity, Part 2

A new piece of fiction, continued

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Radiator. Paul Bowers, linocut print, 2020.

Charity

Part 2

Jim kissed his daughter's forehead as she hunched over a bowl of chocolatey cereal, rubbed her pregnant belly for luck, and walked out early so he could stop at the Kwik-E…