My Family Planned To Move In Until I Asked For Eight Hundred Sixty Thousand

My mother went pale. Kevin looked at the tablecloth with sudden interest. Natalie stared at me as if I had committed a violence against her personally.

My father accused me of lying, of being selfish, of doing this purely to spite them.

I stood up.

I told them I had had the leftovers and the responsibilities and the burdens while they had the opportunities.continue reading …