My Family Laughed at a Cruel Christmas Card About Me So I Left the Country and Let Them Find the Folder

” Now he realized that Myrtle’s absence would hurt Emma in ways he hadn’t considered.

“She’s taking a trip, sweetheart,” Zuri said, though her voice lacked conviction. “She’ll be back.”

Emma studied her parents with the unblinking directness of childhood. “She heard you laughing at her card, didn’t she? I saw her face. She looked like I did when Tommy continue reading …