My Parents Arrived With Suitcases Like My Apartment Was Already Theirs

waiting for any of us.

Mom made a broken little sound and started after her, but Dad caught her elbow.

For a second all three of us watched Ashley go.

Then Dad let go of Mom and looked at me like he’d never seen me before.

Maybe he hadn’t.

Two Words, Then A Stack Of Paper

I went upstairs alone.

Inside my apartment, the air smelled like lemon cleaner and the continue reading …