I Turned My Phone Face Down While My Whole Family Fell Apart

off. Ask what’s for dinner.

Three weeks after the funeral, Ashley asked if I could front her deposit for a retail space in Oak Brook because “women-owned businesses are kind of your thing too, if you think about it.”

I gave it to her.

Nine months later that boutique was empty except for a rolling rack and a fake ficus tree. The lease buyout came to me.continue reading …