Liz Alterman, Author, Writer, Editor, | author
Description: Lisa Kusel is the author of the novel, The Widow on Dwyer Court. Her other books include Rash: a memoir, Hat Trick: a novel, and Other Fish in the Sea: Stories.
While I was eating lunch yesterday, Kathy, an agent from our car insurance company called to update the credit card they have on file. Instead of telling her I was in the middle of enjoying a bowl of hot soup and she should call back later, I put down my spoon and said, “Sure, let me go find it.”
The silence on the phone, broken only by the sound of my breathing as I climbed the stairs to my office, was so awkward, I felt compelled to fill it with small talk. “Amica has been our insurance company for like, forever ,” I said.
“Yes. And we truly appreciate your business, Ms. Kusel,” Kathy replied cheerily.
Liz Alterman, Author, Writer, Editor, | author