Grace no longer fought Peter’s move to Taiwan. Peter no longer asked her to join him.

Peter glanced over at Grace. She was tapping incessantly on the edge of thesteering wheel with her long, silver-white fingernails, and staring straight ahead.

LAST CHANCE BY THOMAS O’DELL 34THPARALLEL MAGAZINE ISSUE 07

Grace saw Peter to the airport. It was one of those matters of obligation we take on when it no longer matters. When the tying of loose en…