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

whirred and groaned. The sound felt obscene, mechanical in a moment that should have been sacred. I watched the casket descend, the polished mahogany catching one last faint glimmer of light before disappearing into earth.

The pastor said words about dust and ashes.

I heard nothing but the thud of my own heart.

When he finished, he glanced at me as if continue reading …