My Father Texted Me at 2:43 A.M. to Say I Was Dead to Him

not to their parents, ever.”

“Done.”

“Two. I want a small monthly transfer reinstated to my mother. Personal account, not the salon. Enough to live on if she leaves him.”

A pause. “If she leaves him.”

“If.”

“Okay.”

“Three. Everything else stays off. The house, the salon, the car, the cards, the tuition routed through Marcus, all of it. Off.”

“Permanently?continue reading …