My Husband Said His Family Was His Problem, So I Let It Be

made a production out of standing up like he was eighty-five instead of sixty-one.

Megan was at the table scrolling her phone with one cracked pink nail tapping the screen.

Nobody hugged me.

Fine by me.

We ate in stiff silence for maybe four minutes before Linda put her fork down.

“I never thought you’d do this to us.”

I kept cutting my roast.

“Do what?”

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