My Parents Doubled My Rent So My Unemployed Sister Could Move In, So I Moved Out and Took Everything

I poured a glass of wine and sat on my balcony instead, shoulders bare to the Tulsa night air, the city lights blurred in the distance. Cars moved along the road below like silent insects. A dog barked somewhere. The sky was a dull dark, no stars visible.

I placed my phone face down on the table beside me, as if it were a small animal that might bite.continue reading …