My Father Took My SUV For My Brother Until I Walked In And The Room Went Silent

I had built from nothing in particular except sustained effort and the refusal to stop trying, and I slept without interruption for the first time in weeks, and in the morning the car was still there, and the driveway was still mine, and so was every decision I would make from that day forward.

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