I Came Home To My Boxes Outside Until I Opened The Paperwork

” I said, mostly to myself.

The mover shifted his weight. “I’m sorry. We just do what we’re told.”

I stepped away and called my mother. She answered on the second ring, already irritated, as though my call was interrupting something important.

“Did you land?” she asked.

“Mom,” I said quietly. “Why are my things on the sidewalk?”

A pause. Then a sigh with continue reading …