I Came Home From Work to Find Six of My Husband’s Relatives Waiting for Dinner

real instincts about it that I should not arrive home hungry.

I parked. Climbed three flights. Put my key in the lock and opened my door.

Marcus’s cousin Dmitri and his wife Lena were on the couch. Dmitri’s mother, Marcus’s aunt Galina, was in the armchair, the one I had carried up three flights myself, upholstered in a fabric I’d spent two weeks choosing.continue reading …