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

been thinking for a long time and had finally stopped editing.

“Tara knows how to love people. She needs help sometimes. But she loves people. She shows up. She calls.” Her eyes were steady on me. “You just know how to count.”

The room went very still.

I looked at the floor. Twelve tiles between me and the front door. Off-white ceramic, slightly irregular continue reading …