One day before my brother’s wedding, he demanded my penthouse and told me to move into a rental home. – Welcome

picture?”

“The bungalow.”

I waited.

“It looks…”

Another pause.

“Full of life.”

Snow had started falling outside my apartment window.

“Yeah.”

Mom didn’t ask if I regretted anything.

She didn’t call it their house.

She didn’t ask whether the arrangement might someday change.

Instead, she said:

“I hope you’re somewhere you feel wanted.”

My throat tightened.

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