My Mother Gave Me 48 Hours to Leave the House I Had Been Paying For Until My Lawyer Reviewed the Papers

drama but because what was behind me had been settled and what was in front of me had not yet taken shape and I wanted to hold that unformed space for a while without filling it with the past.

My mother’s voicemail came at eight-thirty that evening.

I was eating takeout on the bed in a room at a quiet hotel near the center of town, watching something continue reading …