At my birthday party, my sister scalded me with boiling water from the pot. Mom sneered, “Trash deserves to be burned. It would have been better if your face got burned too.” I didn’t cry. I just canceled the $350,000 investment and took back the BMW.
I was still gripping the handle of the knife, my knuckles white against the black resin, when the pot tipped. It didn’t fall
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