stayed in the house for nine days.
Nine days of silence, slammed doors, and takeout food bought from the corner. On the tenth day, he left with two suitcases. He didn’t apologize. Not really. He just said:
“You’ll see that nobody can stand you.”
I was taping up a box of cookies for a delivery.
“I don’t need people to stand me. I need them to respect me.continue reading …