“ There, ” Geri said, satisfied. “ Canal’s open. Ferry’s running again. Now for the love of all that is sterile, do not use those drops again without checking the expiration date. And tell Claire the soup idea was good. We’re starving in here. ”
“What?” he kept asking his girlfriend, Claire, even when she was standing two feet away. ear drops for clogged ears from cold
A sigh, bubbling and echolalic. “ We’re the community. The residents. The tiny civilization living in your eustachian mucus. ” “ There, ” Geri said, satisfied
Daniel smiled, tapped his ear one last time, and heard only silence. Blessed, ordinary silence. ” Geri said