I Let Him Finish Laughing First

in his chair as though he’d just delivered the cleverest joke of the evening.

“Leave it there.”

He smiled.

“Think of it as a tip.”

“You won’t have to clean floors anymore.”

For a heartbeat…

Silence settled over the reception.

Then laughter spread across the head table.

My future mother-in-law didn’t even pretend to be embarrassed.

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