Curses

by Lish McBride

The problem with friends, Merit thought, was that they could not only see your little self-delusions, but felt comfortable calling you out on them. Also, you couldn’t toss them out the window, because you loved them and they were right. Even if they were annoying.

“That’s the funny thing about curses,” she said. “From the right perspective, they look an awful lot like gifts.”