How Blessed I Am to Have You as My Brother

Summary

When I was ten, my parents died in a car crash. They were on their way to pick my brother up from prison.

At the wake, I stared at the man kneeling before their caskets, his forehead pressed to the floor. It was my brother, Cole, freshly released after a five-year sentence.

I ran at him, shoving him with all my might.

“This is your fault! If you hadn’t been in prison, they wouldn’t have gone to get you! They would still be alive!”

Cole staggered from the force of my push but didn’t look up. He just pressed his head harder against the cold floor.