Some Other Time

by Angela Brown

She fell for Jonah the way one might fall off a cliff—it was fast and hard and unexpected. In the weeks that immediately followed, she soon felt not like she was falling, but rather like she was arriving. She’d finally found her way to the right destination.

Over the years, Ellie was constantly forced to watch pieces of her only child’s younger self die, like being a guest at a thousand funerals.