My Cousin Read the Headline Out Loud at Thanksgiving

father finally found his voice.

“This has to be some kind of misunderstanding.”

“It’s not,” I said.

Mom stared at me as if I had started speaking Norwegian.

“Since when?”

“Officially? 8:10 this morning.”

Her mouth opened.

Closed.

Marcus was still reading and reading, scrolling as if another version of the article might appear where he remained the important continue reading …