My Father Texted Me One Sentence, So I Left The Country

set it on the counter on top of the gift letter.

The metal clicked against the quartz.

My mother made a sound at that. Small. Hurt.

I left before she could use it.

Halfway to the car, Haley came out after me.

“You’re blowing this way out of proportion.”

I kept walking.

She grabbed my elbow.

Not hard. Hard enough.

I turned around and shook her off.

“What did continue reading …