My Son Demanded Rent at Christmas Dinner

of me still expected him to hear himself.

“Daniel,” I said, “you told me to leave.”

“That had nothing to do with this.”

“It had everything to do with this.”

Melissa gave a short laugh. “Oh, so this is punishment.”

“No. This is me no longer paying rent in a house where I’m being evicted from the dinner table.”

“You lived there for free,” she said.

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