Sistema Purificacion
A short story by Sue Thomas
12 min readMar 26, 2018
First published 2004
The sun is already hot on Esperanta’s back as she steps into the courtyard to water the geraniums. She bends to feel their loosening buds and smiles — only another week and they will be in glorious flower.
Just then the phone starts to ring and immediately her heart freezes. Why would anyone call so early…
