At 18 My Dad Told Me to Leave and Gave My Room to My Sister

give you the reunion you’re looking for. You’re not reaching out because you miss me. You’re reaching out because my name was in the newspaper and you need a new story to tell. I won’t be your story. I’m my own.

Shelby.”

I closed the laptop, went to bed, and didn’t sleep.

I found out what happened next through Megan, through Glattis, through the slow continue reading …