Evelyn

A romance

Drawing of Sasha by Gardner Leaver

In the fall of 2009, I was staying in the West Village, near where my old friend Evelyn lived, and I hoped I would run into her. It had been a couple of years since we’d seen each other. Sometimes, we showed up at the same feminist event. She’d say my name, her voice rising as if seeing a ghost. I’d be happy to see her,…