My Mother Told Me To Give Up My Room Until I Left Quietly

and affecting, the focal point of every relative’s sympathy while Sophia handled the coffee and made sure the funeral home invoice was paid. A week later Danielle packed her bags. I just can’t be here, she said. It’s too depressing. It’s what Daddy would want.

She drove away.

Sophia stayed.

The scholarship was deferred for a semester. One semester became continue reading …