My Uncle Borrowed Money And Disappeared Repeatedly Until He Needed My Help And I Gave One Final Answer

hundred dollars, I had the vocabulary for what was happening. And I had something I hadn’t had before: clarity about what a yes would actually cost.

I didn’t say yes.

I also didn’t say no the way I wanted to, which would have involved some honesty about the previous seven thousand dollars. Instead I said I didn’t have it, which wasn’t entirely true, continue reading …