"I didn’t respond to my birth mother’s letter because I didn’t know how. The letter became a fuzzy part of my history, a fun fact that I’d blurt out when I was drunk and my guard was down."
Welcome to the Neighborhood
"The couple felt a presence the first time they came to see the house. It was a modern monstrosity, in that it was beautiful and tasteful but an otherwise unnecessary, lavish and decadent addition to the neighborhood."