Her left brain remembers the tree falling on it when she tugged on the tire swing. How she stopped herself from crying out loud, as the blood fountained, and felt proud she had entered adulthood. | Her right brain remembers how her father stalled taking her to the hospital while her mother yelled. How when he got them home again that Indiana winter night he dropped them off at the head of the half-mile driveway. Even though her mother said: if you do |
He made the choice not to take them down the driveway, but to say goodbye
the last time to his girl, to not be late for his date with his secretary,
who had broken up his marriage with her Indiana smile.