My Family Tried to Move Into My Mountain House Without Asking

been in my house for hours. They had arranged it around themselves as if my presence in it were an inconvenience to be accommodated.

“Stop,” I said. “Everyone stop.”

My mother sighed. “Mara, please don’t make a scene. You always get like this.”

I turned to look at her. She was standing in my kitchen with the expression she wore when she thought I was continue reading …