At 6:00 A.M., My Mother Learned Whose House She Lived In

treated them as insults.

Jason shoved his hands into his pockets.

“This whole thing is disgusting, Rachel.”

I turned to him then.

“You let your son laugh at them.”

“He made a joke.”

“He’s ten.”

“So what?”

“So his father should’ve corrected him.”

Jason looked away first.

My mother tried one last move.

“If Daniel were alive, he’d be ashamed of you.”

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