https://isabelhorgan.com Isabel Horgan Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:18:03 +0000 https://isabelhorgan.com en https://isabelhorgan.com/A-beginning Mon, 02 Feb 2026 02:18:03 +0000 Isabel Horgan https://isabelhorgan.com/A-beginning Every day at noon, he asks if I would like a mint. I reply, “why not?”  This has gone onfor 186 days. Today, I  will refuse. It is 10:58, we eat lunch in the courtyard at 11:30. Hearrives before me.  He is married. I am not.A few times a week, at least 4, I ask about his wife. Her name isCaroline. He calls her “Care”.  She works at the type of place wherenumbers get pushed aroundand they make lots of calls. He loves her, but I can tell she isdistant. Mostly, he talksand I listen. We mostlytalk about Care.  Lastweek, I was at a cafe with a friend. I saw Care – I recognized herfrom a photo. She waswith a man. They kissed. I can’t take his mints anymore, I realized. It would feel like thenI would be implicated.  ︎ https://isabelhorgan.com/Main-Page Mon, 08 Jan 2024 01:16:31 +0000 Isabel Horgan https://isabelhorgan.com/Main-Page ISABEL HORGAN  ENTER ︎︎︎