The day before my sister’s wedding, my mother secretly shaved my head to ‘protect the bride’ so that she wouldn’t be overshadowed—But they didn’t know that I had prepared a retaliation that would shock the entire wedding party

Thirty-Four Missed Calls

By the time I was back at Katie’s, it was takeout and Netflix. My phone rang all night. Thirty-four missed calls by morning. The last text from Natalie read:

You ruined everything. I hope you’re happy.

I turned my phone off.