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

figures stood in front, one tall and one shorter, both with their arms out slightly as if they had been caught mid-gesture, reaching for something or handing it to each other.

I climbed the porch steps and took it from her with dirt still on my hands, careful of the edges.

“Where should it go?” she asked.

“Kitchen,” I said, without hesitating. “By the continue reading …