At 34 And Still Single My Sister Mocked Me At Lunch

a shaky breath. “Can I… can I stay with you? Just for a few days, until I figure things out?”

I looked around my home. At the finger paintings on the fridge, at Noah’s half-built Lego tower, at the framed photo of Derek and me on our wedding day at City Hall.

This was my sanctuary. A place I had fiercely protected from her negativity and judgment.

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