I Let My Mother Think She’d Secured My Sister’s Wedding

she stopped and turned back.

“Aunt Kelsey?”

Kelsey looked up fast.

“If you ever need money again, ask an adult.”

Then Emma went upstairs.

Mark looked down at his hands. I bit the inside of my cheek so I wouldn’t laugh at the worst possible time. Kelsey made a sound halfway between a sob and a cough.

My mother didn’t come.

She sent two texts that night.

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