Rodrigue Hammal

The List

As Mrs. Greenwood stood by the stove, waiting for the bubbles to show up in her kettle, she thought about what she hates most about herself. The only two things she could come up with were her bad breath and her inexplicable patience towards tardiness. Perhaps that explains why the 74-year-old widow always avoided confronting her tenants when they didn’t settle their rent on time. Instead, she preferred to slip them notes under their doors, with some cookies. In some rare occasions, she had tea in their living rooms, alone, whenever they were away for the weekend.