My father texted me, ‘To us, you’re already dead,’ and I only replied,

She simply placed a glass of water beside my plate and waited.

I typed one sentence.

“To you, I’m already dead. Please stop asking the dead to pay your bills.”

Then I blocked the number.

My hands shook afterward, but not with guilt.

With release.

Isabel reached across the table and covered my hand with hers.

“Are you okay, mija?”

Mija.

My daughter.

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