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

a bit late.”

I looked down the rows again. Empty. Every one of them.

My throat tightened, but my voice came out steadier than I felt.

“No,” I said. “Start the service. George hated tardiness.”

The funeral director nodded once, a flicker of relief crossing his face. He had expected tears or a collapse, I could tell. He had expected me to ask for more time,continue reading …