“I know it’s been a while,” he says.
“Yes,” I say. “Four years, a marriage, one hundred
and fifty pounds—” He cuts me off.
“There’s a new treatment,” he says.
A deep brain chip that will let me be the Don I
used to be. Like rebooting the brain.
“One-hundred percent effective, guaranteed.”
I want to care. To feel bad for what I lost. But see,
the thing is, I don’t. As long as there’s ice cream in the
freezer and cable television, I’m good. Sure, my barometer
has changed, but the man inside goes by the same name. I
already have a lifetime guarantee, and when I wake up
every morning, I. Am. Me.
Andrea Goyan is a writer, actress, and Master Pilates Teacher. Her
short stories have appeared in several anthologies and online
magazines, including the December 2019 issue of The Sirens Call,
Halloween Party 2019, Loss: An Anthology, Dirty Girls
Magazine (May 2019), and Newfound Journal (October 2018),
and she was shortlisted for the 2019 Anton Chekhov Award for
Very Short Fiction. She’s an accomplished playwright with over a
dozen works produced. Andrea lives in Los Angeles with her
husband, a dog, and two cats.
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