ones, and I felt nothing. No fear, no anger, just a profound and unset

my pocket. It was a text from

arents. I told them I bought you the dress as a gif

the cellar wall crackled to life. It w

le? Are y

n' t

d with annoyance. "Why didn' t you just tell us he

for the accusation, for the humil

y now that she can' t even eat. Your father and I have decided to take

a response. When I gave he

They were punishing me for their ow

nd laughed. It was a hollow, empty sound that echoe

e airport. They didn' t speak to me. They just left a tray of

sprawling ranch was empty.

ces-the exact temperature he liked his coffee, the brand of cigars he favored, the way he liked his steak cooked. I

rums to find rare, high-fidelity classical music files to add to his precious collection. It was the o

nth. They both suffered from insomnia, and my blend of lavender, chamomile, and valerian root

couple of changes of clothes, my physics textbooks, and th

y, a log of every time they' d denied me basic necessities, and a detailed

ld him. "Not because I want an apology. Bu

proud. "Your flight is book