I Bought My Dream House and Invited My Family but No One Showed Up and Later My Dad Sent a Message

of the refrigerator. I washed the dishes I had not used, dried the glasses I had not filled, put everything away. I was erasing the evidence of the dinner I had made for people who had decided, without the courtesy of a real explanation, that something else was more worth their time.

I was nearly done when the knock came at nearly midnight. A soft, continue reading …