the partnership permanent.

To him, family felt permanent.

“So you picked me,” I said.

He rubbed his forehead.

“I told myself it might be good for you too.”

“Did you ever ask?”

“No.”

Then I asked why medicine bothered him so much.

“It doesn’t.”

“You spent months trying to talk me out of it.”

“I spent months trying to keep you close.”

My acceptance letter had destroyed continue reading …