people who despised meChapter 4: The Gate
They didn’t take it well, of course. People who’ve been living off your silence never do when the silence ends.
Jared drove up in his tailored suit to tell me to sell the cabin and move into a small apartment and give them the money — the money, always the money, from a son who couldn’t be bothered to ask if I’d arrived safely. I showed him inside. I watched his face change as he took in the fireplace and the kitchen and the
