My Cousin Read the Headline Out Loud at Thanksgiving

updating the room.”

Dad muttered, “That’s unfair.”

“Is it?”

He looked toward the sideboard instead of at me.

That told me enough.

I turned to Aunt Linda. “Do you know what I did before Blackridge?”

She looked embarrassed. “Finance?”

“Software architecture.”

To my mother: “Do you know how much my company sold for?”

She didn’t answer.

To my father: “Do you know continue reading …