Elizabeth Butzke

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“Home” by Elizabeth Butzke

Submitted to Contest #164

“ I’m drunk and I’m sad and it’s 1:00 in the morning, I’m so sorry,” I sob into the phone. “ I shouldn’t be calling so late. I shouldn’t be such a baby.” Nobody sees me cry, except maybe my husband and even that’s only been a handful of times in our 26 years of marriage. Not my counselor, or counselors I should say.Years of counseling actually. Not my foster parents. Not even my children.  “It’s ok,” Richard responds, “you can call me anytime, and you’re not a baby.”  “I just hate her so much!”  “I understand,” he says. H...

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