I Arrived Early for My Sister’s Wedding Hoping No One Would Notice Me

Called

Celeste called at 4:17.

I let it ring twice because pettiness is free.

When I answered, she skipped hello.

“How much did you know?”

“Enough.”

“You did this on purpose.”

I looked out the diner window at a trucker filling a thermos from the coffee station.

“No,” I said. “You put my face on an easel on purpose.”

Her voice sharpened.

“Your grandmother was continue reading …