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

tearful resolution. Just one sentence that pointed, barely, in the direction of the truth.

After I ended the call, I picked up the spare key, walked outside to the dock, and dropped it into the lake. It went without a sound, the water closing over it as though it had never existed.

I stood there for a long time watching the surface settle.

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