I Asked the Waiter to Split the Check

they turn into first month’s rent. And maybe school clothes for two girls.”

I pushed the envelope back toward her.

“No.”

“Claire.”

“No. Keep it.”

“It’s mine.”

I looked at her. Really looked. The woman who had spent twenty-eight years going quiet one insult at a time. The woman who tonight had put cash on a table and told me to go.

My hands went cold.

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