NOBODY FROM MY FAMILY CAME TO MY GRADUATION

something, and you needed me not asking where everyone was.”

Tamsin didn’t deny it.

“It’s a lot of money, Jo,” she said quietly. “And I’ve been here. I’ve been here, the whole time, dealing with all of it, holding that envelope, watching Dad fall apart every December and never being allowed to say why. And you get to leave, you get to go be a nurse and continue reading …