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

a laugh.

“From you?”

That one landed.

I let it.

“What happened Friday night?”

He folded his arms. “Patricia threw my phone. Neighbor called. Cops came. Nobody got arrested. Happy?”

“No.”

“Good.”

We stood there.

A dog barked three yards over. Somewhere behind the house a leaf blower started up, then quit.

Finally I said, “Did you convert the room over the garage continue reading …