I Arrived At My Sister’s Wedding And She Tried To Hide Me

but not moving either.

Folks like to imagine courage as one clean thing. Like a trumpet blast.

Mine was uglier than that.

I was nineteen. I had just gotten home from a late shift at Mel’s Diner. I still smelled like fryer grease and coffee when I heard the first pop from upstairs. For one stupid second I thought the TV had blown.

Then Emily screamed.

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