I Called Three Investigators to My Nephew’s Birthday Party

Picked up the custom cake.

Collected the cupcakes.

Hung decorations.

Moved tables.

Filled coolers with ice.

Exactly the way I always did.

Quietly.

Without expecting anyone to notice.

My name is Lauren Bennett.

I’m thirty-four years old.

Most of my family believes I work somewhere in “corporate administration.”

That’s usually how my brother explains it.

“Lauren continue reading …