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

thing.”

She said my name the way people say “listen here.”

Then her voice broke a little. Just once. Small crack.

“What do you want.”

There it was.

The real question under all the others.

I thought about that. Long enough for her to start breathing harder into the phone.

Finally I said, “I want the rental shut down tonight.”

No argument.

“I want proof of reinstated continue reading …