I Paid Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Dollars for a Family Trip, and They Planned It Without Me

I turned on the water and rinsed a cup that was already clean.

“When was that?” I asked.

Gemma picked up her mug with both hands.

“Ages ago.

Before all this.”

She drank and looked out the window over the sink.

“It’ll be good for the kids,” she said.

“A whole week of skiing.”