cnu-At my fortieth birthday party, my sister swung a baseball bat into…

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I sat beside her.

“No. Because of what she did. To you. To her company. To herself.”

Emma stirred the oatmeal slowly.

Then she said, “Good.”

I waited for guilt to come.

It did not.

Part 5
Vanessa’s arrest changed the weather around our family.

Before, my relatives had treated the birthday party like an unfortunate accident that had become inconvenient because continue reading …