The Day Before My Sister’s Wedding I Woke Up To Find My Hair Had Been Cut While I Slept

with our parents and Trevor’s family, the conversation died.

She looked at me and her face moved through shock and confusion and something I recognized from a long time of watching her face, the particular anger of someone who has planned for one outcome and encountered another.

Where’s the wig, she said, very quietly.

I decided not to wear one, I said.continue reading …