My Mother Gave Me 24 Hours to Leave So My Sister Could Move In, but I Had Been Preparing for Weeks

anyway in case some part of him was still listening.

I thought about the envelope in the desk drawer, and the careful handwriting on the outside, and the word earned, which was not the word most people in my life had used when they talked about what I had.

Then I finished my sandwich and tried to sleep and was moderately successful.

At nine the next morning,continue reading …