Why Did You Come With Your Maggots My Sister Shouted At Family Trip ‘There’s No Room! Get Lost

the knees of my jeans.

“No,” I said. “You and Ellie haven’t done anything wrong.”

Ellie’s eyes were already wet. “Grandma said we could use the swing whenever we wanted.”

My mother kept her arm across the gate.

“Not today, honey.”

She said it gently, as though that made pushing away her grandchildren less cruel.

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