“I Came Home Early to Find My Parents Packing My Life Away Without Telling Me”

them stared at me as if I was the one who’d shown up uninvited.

“Katie!” my mother said, and the way she smiled made my skin go cold. It was the smile she used when she’d already decided something and wanted you to believe it was your idea all along. “You’re home early.”

I didn’t move. My eyes swept the room, taking in details that made my chest tighten continue reading …