I Let My Parents Down to Set Myself Free

I Let My Parents Down to Set Myself Free

Back in the summer of 2019, my cell service allowed people with blocked numbers to leave voice mail messages. It was through this loophole that I learned my mother, at that point blocked for the better part of three years, was planning to hire a private investigator to learn about my life. My immediate thought: What TV show gave her that idea? My father, born and raised in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, first met my mother in her small High At…