Mariah Cohen

The Talk of War

One of the most influential purchases of her life was a small part of a place called Kopenhaven. Kopen, meaning to buy, and Haven, meaning refuge or safety, was the most accurate definition of the situation at hand. For $830 a month, Ricci just bought her and her daughter a place to stay after the fallout. The separation between Ricci and her husband was awkward, to say the least. She officially left him on August 30th, also known as her birthday. The last place she expected to be on what’s supposed to be a happy day- is a rental office 8 blocks away from her old house, signing a 1 year lease for a one-bedroom apartment. Her daughter was in the seat next to her, silently watching the pen move across the paper, observing the shaky lines and hesitant lifting of her mother’s hand once she was finished, as if she wasn’t ready to take the pen off the paper.