My Parents Left Me in the ICU and Flew to Cancun Until I Saw the Same Name on the Visitor Log Every Night

on the tray with a click and turned away from it the way she turned away from things she wanted to stop existing. “I’m here to take you home. We can talk about all of this once you’re out of here.”

“Take me home,” I said. “Like something you left in storage.”

Her eyes flashed. “I don’t need your attitude. I’ve had a very difficult week.”

I looked at her continue reading …