My Nephew Ruined My 30th Birthday Cake — That Night, I Froze My Brother Out of the Family Trust

shoebox diorama: blue construction paper waves, cardboard fish, a cotton-ball cloud.

We had to make an ocean scene for science. It made me think of where you live now. I think you’d like the new me better.

I believed him.

Sometimes, standing on the cliff path with wind in my hair, I imagined Ryan in a therapist’s office, gradually understanding what he’d continue reading …