The Secret

“That girl Rhonda says you have to believe it for it to come true,” he said.

“Huh. You’ve read The Secret?” I asked, surprised.

He grinned sheepishly. “Well, yeah. Sounded interesting the way the guys were talking about it. Jed said it helped us win the championships.”

I forced a laugh. “Yeah, the other team’s probably thinking about how bogus the whole think-positive-and-you’ll-win bullshit is.”

He laughed his deep, warm chuckle.

In my head, his flight gets cancelled and I’m speaking into the same laptop mic, saying Merry Christmas into the built-in camera. I play it over and over and over again.