My Parents Took the $22,000 Hawaii Trip I Paid For

looked around the table.

Then she said, “Mostly.”

It was such a simple answer.

Mostly.

Not the whole story.

Not a lie.

Not a confession.

Just enough.

That night, after everyone left, Savannah and I walked around campus.

She was twenty-one now. Taller somehow, though I knew that was impossible. More herself. Her hair was shorter. Her boots were still black. continue reading …