My Sister Texted That 47 People Were Coming to My Beach House for Four Days and Told Me to Stock the Fridge

the house. No we’d love to have everyone there if you’re comfortable with it. Just a head count, a timeline, and instructions. Forty-seven people. Four days. Stock the fridge. As if my beach house were a timeshare she had inherited. As if I were the caretaker she paid in attitude.

I stared at the screen long enough for it to dim. Then I typed one word.continue reading …