By the time the cake knife touched frosting, I already knew who hadn’t come for me. I knew which 29 chairs sat in their white covers like small, silent verdicts, and I knew exactly how much of my savings had vanished into a night I wasn’t invited to. But I hadn’t yet seen my mother’s hands shake over the binder, or heard Chloe say, very quietly, “Tell her the res… Continues…
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