Jacqueline Gualtieri

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“Let Her Be Little” by Jacqueline Gualtieri

Submitted to Contest #128

He adjusted his bow-tie for the third time in the vanity mirror. His charcoal eyes were weary as he pulled it apart and started it again. The little red bow always looked a little eschew. When he finished it for the fourth time, he ran his hand through the tuft of hair on the top of his head, pulling it up to give it volume and then flattening it back down again.  “What’s wrong, Hector?” Teresa asked, popping into the mirror behind him. Her tan skin shone in the fluorescent light, as did the muffins in her hand. “I made these fresh fo...

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Jackie is a writer and editor living in Monterey County, California. If she's not writing, she's embroidering, knitting, making stained glass, designing models out of foam, and just constantly trying something new.