The Change

by Kirsten Miller

“You know, you’re not as good as you think,” Max said. No,” Harriett agreed. She’d known he’d get mean. She’d been waiting for it. “I’m better.”

“You’re afraid of me,” Harriett observed. It was hard to believe it had taken her so long to see it. “That’s why you have to keep me in my place.” “I’m afraid of you?” “Yes, you’re afraid of me because I’m better than you are. And if you give one talented woman the power she deserves, another will follow. Then another. And together they’ll show that their way is better. Then your whole fake fucking world will come tumbling down.”