They Made Me Sleep in the Garage for Christmas Until the Truth Came Out

“The speech,” she said, stopping a few feet away. “About the family. You didn’t have to use us like that.”

“I was tired of pretending,” I said. “And you were a convenient illustration of a real thing.”

She exhaled. “I don’t know how to talk to you now. I don’t know which version of you is the real one.”

“They’re both real,” I said. “The community college continue reading …