Kelly Haynes

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“The Lie” by Kelly Haynes

Submitted to Contest #107

I am leaning against the side of our decades-old Chevy, watching the numbers on the gas pump scroll higher while I envision the numbers in my bank account simultaneously falling. The windows of the car are open. It is late summer in Texas and so hot that the air overheats your lungs if you inhale too deeply. The A/C unit in the old car died years ago, and the hot breeze is the only thing standing between my son and me and spontaneous combustion. “Dad, look at that man!” I don’t look, because I’m certain the entire gas station has heard the...

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