My Parents Arrived With Suitcases Like My Apartment Was Already Theirs

“We still have assets.”

Assets.

That family word. Meaning: not cash.

Meaning: don’t ask.

Meaning: if I keep saying it firmly enough, maybe nobody will notice we’re in a lobby with suitcases.

I said, “How long were you planning to stay with me?”

Silence.

Then Dad said, “Until we regroup.”

Curtis actually wrote that down.

I watched him do it and felt my shoulders continue reading …