The best possible light

The best possible light “The best possible light” is written as a short story by Melissa Bank. The story was first published in Other Voices, 1999. The plot starts as a regular family get-together dinner, but turns out to be a slightly different thing; the family dinner has a purpose, one of the family members has a confession... In the beginning we have an introduction of Barney, who shows up out of nowhere at his mother’s house (the narrator). On the outside Barney is good-looking and charming. “Barney is thirty-four but looks twenty-one. He is short and muscular, and has