This is Where We Talk Things Out

by Caitlin Marceau

It’s Sylvie laying the groundwork in case things don’t work out and she needs to point fingers. It’s Sylvie preparing for the worst, but trying to position herself in a way that lets her shift the blame for a failed weekend onto Miller.

Although the structure is technically big enough to accommodate a family looking for a woodsy getaway, Miller suspects the space will begin to feel small after a few short days with her mother.

“You go to therapy?”

On the vanity counter in front of the mirror rests a white ceramic bowl shaped like a giant scallop and filled with decorative soaps shaped like shells (exclusively for decoration)

But now they’re here, in this cabin turned mausoleum.

stunned with Sylvie’s version of events, but unsurprised by it. This is what it was like growing up with her: every event, every memory, rewritten and retold to you enough times that you couldn’t help but wonder if the version you remembered was wrong.