My Sister Ordered Security to Drag Me Out of the Country Club

was a card.

It said: Happy birthday, Em. Sorry about all of it. – R

I lit the candle. I sat at my kitchen counter in the dark, in the same jeans and sneakers I’d worn to lunch, and I ate the tart with a fork right out of the box.

It was very good.

Outside, somebody was laughing on the sidewalk. A car alarm started and stopped. The radiator clanked again.continue reading …