Fiction by Gregory Tebbano
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His black car is parked awkwardly in a throng of people where no cars are allowed. He’s really dressed too, in a sharp suit, but there is sweat on his neck and he looks unnerved, like an ambassador who has just escaped an assassination attempt.
Then I notice the woman. She has a California look, a red dress and pearls, hair so blonde it must be dyed. Her arm is around his shoulder and she’s limping, hopping along towards the car on the crutch of my father.
At first I think, oh my God he hit her with the car, broke her leg. But then I realize he’s smiling. He knows her.
Gregory Tebbano finished his first novel, Hunting the Barbazon, at age twelve, filling three single-subject notebooks. Although the work did not bring the high accolades or movie deals it deserved, the prose did nonetheless contain some harrowing sword play and tactical engagements between galleons at sea. His short stories have since appeared in Nimrod, Folio, 322 Review, Chum, and Mixed Fruit.