Emergency Contact

by Mary H.K. Choi

If anything, Penny resented that Celeste had decided somewhere along the way that her daughter could parent herself.

“You know why I called?” asked Sam. “Why?” “Because I don’t want you to punish me for knowing too much,” he said. “What do you mean?” “Don’t, like, go away because you told me things,” he said. “Don’t decide things are weird.”