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

the bookshelves, the framed prints, Walter’s bed in the corner, Savannah’s stolen sweatshirt hanging on the back of a chair because she had already made herself at home.

“You did well,” he said.

I waited for the but.

It did not come.

Dinner was awkward.

Of course it was.

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