“My dad owns every law firm in this province,” the lawyer’s daughter laughed after ramming her brand-new Tesla into my old Subaru

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The Tesla backed out and slipped away in near silence, as if the car itself didn’t want to make any noise associated with this moment.

I stood there for a second in the exhaust-less emptiness she left behind, my pulse drumming in my ears. Then I took a slow breath and walked back to the driver’s side door.

Sophie was crying now, big silent tears rolling continue reading …