Where did you get that ring

the pressure to be cruel.”

She looked at our parents.

“Are you just going to let her talk to me like this?”

My father rubbed his face.

“Vivian, for once in your life, stop performing.”

The room froze.

Vivian stared at him.

“What?”

He looked older than I had ever seen him.

“I heard what you said on the phone yesterday. I heard enough. And I thought about all continue reading …