My Family Took My Car And Demanded Five Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars

they have been writing about you, the one where you are ungrateful and dramatic and selfish for wanting the most ordinary things, is not the only story available. That you are allowed to put it down.

I texted Tyler back. Absolutely, I wrote. My treat this time.

I pulled out of the parking lot and onto the road, the radio on low, the city opening ahead continue reading …