MY PARENTS INVITED ME TO A FANCY FAMILY DINNER

height, and walked straight past the head table without looking at a single one of them.

Denise called after me. “Amber, don’t be dramatic – “

I kept walking. Through the foyer, past the coat check, into the parking garage where the fluorescent lights hummed and my heels echoed off concrete. I sat in my car for three full minutes before I turned the continue reading …