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

first of the month. Without drama. I typed in the October figures.

Tara’s rent. Tara’s car insurance. Tara’s tuition installment.

Four thousand, two hundred dollars.

The same number it had been for three years. The total in cell B63 read $252,000.

I closed the tab. Got to work.

The coffee had gone cold by the time I remembered I hadn’t drunk it. I wrapped continue reading …