The Envelope That Changed Everything

made a show of it, loudly repeating the rule.

“Immediate family only,” she said, smiling too wide. “People who’ve actually been part of this family.”

I watched from the edge as they posed: my parents, Brooke and Ryan, my brother Josh. Josh was twenty-four now, taller than my father. He glanced at me once, quick and uneasy, like he wasn’t sure what he continue reading …