Whenever I got angry, Kyle told me to cultivate a sense of humor. His brothers called me difficult, and his mother said I should be grateful to belong to such a cheerful family.
Sitting in the desert, I admitted the truth.
I hated how they treated me.
The most painful thing was that I hated the person I had become by trying to please them.
Then I remembered that Kyle had borrowed an old phone that morning and put it in my jacket pocket. It was almost dead, but a message popped up before the screen went black.
Don’t get mad. It’s just a joke from the channel. We’ll be back later. Relax.
His brothers had an online prank channel and longed for fame. Kyle craved their approval so much that he turned his wife into a spectacle.
I made my decision before the phone completely shut down.
I wouldn’t wait for them.
