Kevin Wilson is the author of five books, including Nothing to See Here (Ecco, 2019). His stories have appeared in Tin House, One Story, A Public Space, and elsewhere. He lives in Sewanee, Tennessee, and teaches at the University of the South.
Margo’s daughter came home from school that Friday with a new friend. From the window in the kitchen, where she was trying and failing to make decent croissants for the third time this week, Margo watched the bus deposit her eight-year-old...