I finally bought my dream house and invited my family to come see it. No one showed up. Later that night, my dad texted, “We need to talk about the house.” By then, something inside me had already shifted.

The key was cold in my palm, its edges sharp and new in the way of things that have not yet been worn smooth by years of use. I stood on the sidewalk for a long moment before I walked up to the front door because I had been imagining this exact moment for ten years and I wanted to …
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