My Sister Signed Papers Before I Was Dead

hear when I’m tired.

Then she said, “Your sister was always stubborn.”

Vanessa laughed once.

“Not anymore.”

Waking Up Hurt

Two days later, I bit the tube.

That’s what Tom told me.

I don’t remember biting. I remember panic. Hands, light, a woman saying, “Claire, stop fighting us,” and Tom’s big face over mine saying, “Major, you’re at Walter Reed. Blink if continue reading …