Nichole Pottsis a native of South Carolina. She was recently published in an anthology titled Inheritance: Selections from the South Carolina Fiction Project. Her work has appeared in Yemassee, Iodine, Windhover, Cold Mountain Review, and other publications. This story is part of a novel-in-progress titled Every Good-bye Ain’t Gone. In her other life, the one that pays a salary, she is a social worker.