My Family Took My Car And Demanded Five Thousand Eight Hundred Dollars

accepted without examination. She slipped away and came back with my childhood teddy bear, worn soft with years, that I had overlooked in my packing.

You should take him, she said. And I’m sorry about your car. I didn’t know they didn’t ask you.

I hugged her and walked out.

Outside, my friends were waiting by the truck. The afternoon had the flat bright continue reading …