I Let My Father Hear From My Lawyer Before He Heard From Me

My mother had saved photos Diane sent for over a year. Birthday cupcakes. A pumpkin patch picture from October. Lily in rain boots holding a worm. She’d been collecting them.

“For what?” I asked.

Diane shook her head. “I don’t know. She’d say, ‘Thank you, I like having proof she exists even if my daughter pretends she’s a mother.’ I thought it was ugly,continue reading …