My Parents Took My Sister To Italy Until They Came Home To An Empty House

Mom’s been crying for days. She won’t come out of her room. Dad is just sitting there staring at the wall. You did this.”

“I left what was yours,” I said quietly. “And I took what was mine.”

“But how are we supposed to live?” she cried. “You took the couch, the TV, the refrigerator. That’s everything.”

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