Jolly

Parent Support Groups are Where Goodie-Two-Shoes Go to Die

The first time Mireille told her mother she’d  not speak to her again, Bettina stifled it.  A laugh. Don’t tip off a daughter about her ancestors. Everyone thinks they’re original.

Then Mireille moved twice, without a forwarding address. She blocked her number, and arranged for a skater boy to pick up her stuff— Damien? Damien’s brother? But didn’t that …