Here for the Cake

by Jennifer Millikin

Everything wrong with my life is Klein Madigan’s fault. Yes! That’s right! A tiny voice inside me rejoices at having discovered the source of all my current problems. A gift, if you think about it.

*eye roll

I was in the middle of verbally sparring and she ruined it. Wait a damn minute. Is ‘desert beetle’ a bizarre code for a hookup? Is Klein a part of a tawdry club of individuals who order sex acts using code words? I’m going to be sick.

I cannot stand her train of thought..dnf