My Parents Arrived With Suitcases Like My Apartment Was Already Theirs

basil plant on my kitchen sill that desperately wanted to die but hadn’t yet. My shoes clicked on the wood floor. The city was turning blue outside the windows.

I locked the door.

Then I set the envelope on my counter and just looked at it.

I wasn’t shaking. That’s the thing people always get wrong. Sometimes when the bad moment comes, your body gets continue reading …