They Demanded I Pay My Sister’s Rent Until the Eviction Notice Arrived

which still faintly smelled of lavender and was about to smell like whatever I cooked in it, and I let myself feel the full weight of what had just shifted.

I had been carrying a version of this house as obligation and guilt for four years. It was now simply mine.

Two days later, Ava and I moved.

We packed the duplex ourselves over a weekend, with Grace,continue reading …