I Was Uninvited From Christmas by the Man Living in My House

month asking if I still had your father’s tools.”

“What for?”

“Said Michael wanted to borrow the compressor. Then asked if I had any extra wrapping paper because money was ‘weird’ until January.”

Money was weird. That phrase. People used it when the real sentence was uglier.

“And you didn’t think to mention this?”

“You boys are grown. Every time I mention continue reading …