My Parents Went to Aspen for Christmas Without Me—So I Rehomed the Dog and Kept the Paperwork

of New Year’s Day, I watched from across the street as my parents returned home from last-minute errands. They looked tanned and relaxed from their Aspen vacation, laughing about something as they unloaded shopping bags from their car. They had no idea that in less than two hours, their carefully constructed world would begin to crumble.

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