Drowning with Others

by Linda Keir

Would you rather be drowning with others, or swimming alone?

Dallas was the same age on the day he died as she was now.

And Cassidy was exactly the same age now as Andi was then.

“Careful you don’t drown in that.” She drinks, laughs, turns on her heel Her voice a bell that can’t be unrung “Would you rather be drowning with others, or swimming alone?”