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

had deleted her whole Facebook account and then reactivated it under a different spelling of her name, which Dana said made her look like an idiot and not much else.

And my parents?

They’d retained an attorney.

Of course they had.

By noon, my father called from a number I didn’t know.

I answered before thinking.

He was calmer this time. Calm in the way snakes continue reading …