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Camille Bordas Reads “One Sun Only”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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Will I Die During the Night?

Ernest asked his mother every night if he was going to die during the night. His honesty turned people off, but it had me not to be a wimp. I never drank when i was alone with the kids and didn't worry about who would do what in an emergency. Even when nickye and i were still married, i waited until she was home at night to have one. But when we were together, we often had a glass or two,. We were good drunks together, we would figure it out. Was the thought.

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