I Let Them Finish Eating Before I Took Everything Back

investments,” which usually meant moving borrowed money around while talking too loudly in steakhouses. He had charm. A decent handshake. Teeth so white they looked rented.

My father disliked him immediately.

June said, “That one has too much shine on him.”

I married him anyway.

Because he was attentive then. Funny in a corny, trying-hard way. Because continue reading …