Hey Mama

Short story

My mother Nargis Chaudhuri and me when I was around a month old.

Maria Gonzales stepped down from the school bus and started walking along the pavement leading to a neighborhood in Springdale, Arkansas. With quick light steps, she took the first right turn, which would bring her to a side road leading . Her feet raced, and a carefree, happy feeling seeped into her; finally, the last exam was done, and she would be starting her freshman year in fall. It was like ending the first chapter of her life…