To Be Directed By Tom McCarthy
Yesterday. My phone rings. I answer.
Me: Hello?
Mom: Hi, honey. Do you have a second to talk?
Me: Sure. What's up?
Mom: Well, you know that piece of land we own in Alabama?
Me: (pause) What?
Mom: Oh, did we never tell you about that?
Me: No. You never told me about the piece of land we own in...?
Mom: Alabama. Seminole county. Near Mobile. My grandmother bought it. Anyway, apparently we owe back-taxes on it. Do you have any interest in it?
Me: (long beat) Who is this?
Sep 17th