Done Being Forgotten
After five years in captivity, I finally came home.
Except there was already another daughter in my place, and somehow, Mom, Dad, and my brother, Samuel Lewis, had all developed strange "conditions."
When I broke my ankle and texted Dad for help, he took forever to show up.
"Sorry. My eyesight's been acting up lately. I couldn't make out the location you sent me."
I was allergic to seafood, but Samuel brought me seafood chowder anyway.
"Sorry. You know how bad my memory is. I forgot you couldn't eat it."
One winter night, I came home without my keys and spent five hours locked outside before Mom finally opened the door in the middle of the night.
"My hearing problems flared up again.