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

“I want you to know I noticed.”

“So did I.”

We sat.

The candles were the short ones left over from last year, and they burned down fast.

“The table’s too long,” Helen said.

“It’s been too long for three years.”

“Then sell it.”

“I’m not selling my table.”