My Mother Said I Only Care About Myself Until I Canceled Everything I Was Paying

a version of me who would have typed back Of course before she finished reading the sentence. Who would have been planning what to bring, whether to arrive early, how to keep the room from escalating.

I put the phone face down and did the dishes.

Sunday was four days away.

The living room had the same people in it, more or less. Uncle Gary on the loveseat,continue reading …