1 days before my wedding, dad called: “i’m not wal…

I did not shed a single tear. Crying would imply that I was surprised by their cruelty, and I was no longer surprised. I was just finally done pretending they might change. I watched the digital clock on my microwave shift to 6:30. I set my mug down, picked up my phone, scrolled past the contact list containing my biological family, and dialed a different continue reading …