never answer your cell phone at 9:30 a.m. because it may be your mother calling to oh-so-casually inform you that your much older half-sister you haven’t seen in twenty-some years called to say she’s living in l.a. and wants to see you.
oh, guess what, your father, who disappeared when you were three years old, died a long time ago, but he totally had two of your pictures in his wallet when he died. your half-sister found and saved them.
anyway, she just wanted to let you know.
for some reason, you will feel too embarrassed to cry while your mother is still on the line. you will thank her for the 411 and say goodbye. afterwards, you will lay in bed, your face achy and wet with tears, and it will just be really annoying that you can’t get back to sleep.
yeah.