Yearn For Stepsister.

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I would rather be any other place but here. Coming home for the holidays is something most families cherish, but I’m not most people.

There are just too many memories here. And, far too many reasons to rethink how different things could have been.

Yet here I am, back in Colorado and freezing! Instead of sitting in my cozy townhouse in Silicon Valley, where I work on designing apps and live in coding bliss.

With a sigh, I start the car and turn on the heat.

Just a few minutes ago, my dad asked me to pick up my new stepsister, Emma, from the bus station in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. He and his wife, Carol, just got married two weeks ago. They’re both widowers.

I don’t know much about my new stepsister, except that she’s twenty-two years old and in her final year of college. Oh, and I was told that she’s extremely superstitious.

When I asked my dad, “What does that mean?” he responded, “Well, for example, Carol said that Emma is a little shaken up today because she lost one glo