My Family Toasted

her eyes. “Mara, seriously?”

Dad’s face hardened. “Do you have something to say?”

I wiped the corner of my mouth with my napkin.

“Yes,” I said. “I was just wondering how long you were going to brag before realizing you sold the company to me.”

The silence that followed was the cleanest sound I had ever heard.

Dad stared at me.

Mom’s hand froze against her continue reading …