Strangers,
hiring.

Show up to my sister's bridal shower as our father's "old friend from before"

I'll send the backstory. Warm. Vague. Deeply uncomfortable for two specific people in the room. Bring a wrapped gift (a slim book of poetry, I'll provide it). Stay twenty-three minutes. Leave when my mother makes eye contact. Don't come back. Don't accept her follow-up call.

📍Chicago, IL