After a brutal night shift, I found out my parents had planned a weekend at my lake house with 20 guests, without asking me.

whenever he wanted something.

I opened the door but kept the chain locked.

He looked offended by the chain.

“Seriously?”

“Yes.”

He pushed his hands into his pockets. “Mom’s been crying.”

“I’m sure.”

“She says you’re tearing the family apart.”

“No. I stopped lending out pieces of myself.”

He rolled his eyes. “You always talk like a therapy pamphlet now.”

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