My Parents Invited 20 Guests To My Lake House Until I Refused To Fill The Fridge

a statement has landed more precisely than expected.

My mother moved closer and lowered her voice, attempting a different approach. She said we could all use the house, that I didn’t have to be this way. I asked what way. She said selfish.

The word was deployed with precision. It was meant to reach the version of me that was still twelve years old at continue reading …