My Parents Arrived With Suitcases Like My Apartment Was Already Theirs

Ashley and posted smiling photos for strangers. Then you showed up here with luggage and told me to say yes. Don’t put the funeral in my hands.”

He flinched.

Good.

Mom grabbed one suitcase handle. Dad took another. Pride is strongest right before collapse, I guess.

Ashley stayed still.

“Come on,” Mom said.

Ashley didn’t move.

Dad’s voice got hard. “Now.”

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