Father’s former lover was here all the time

I’m Ryan, 19, and my hands are still shaking as I write this. For a long time, life was simple—my mom, Melissa, loved me fiercely. Before breast cancer took her when I was nine, she set up a $25,000 trust for me to receive at eighteen. “College, a first place—something that makes you proud,” she…

They don’t look like the Christmas cards. Most of the time an angel shows up, the first thing out of its mouth is “Don’t be afraid,” which tells you everything you need to know about how they look. Six wings, eyes all over the rims, fire where a face should be (Isaiah needed a whole…