At Christmas My Family Told Me To Stay Away But My Response Changed Everything

things easier,” she said. “People can be cruel.”

I closed the car door gently. “Then you should have been the one person who wasn’t.”

She started crying. Whether the tears were real or performed, I could no longer tell, and at that point the distinction no longer mattered to me. I gave her one chance.

“Say her name,” I said.

She stared at me. “What?”

“Say continue reading …