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

the day before with no note and no name.

Another copy. One more that had existed without my knowledge.

I took it from her and turned it over in my hand. She offered to keep watch. I thanked her and told her it wasn’t necessary.

That evening I stood in the kitchen where everything had started, the key on the counter, the refrigerator running quietly.

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