MY SON DEMANDED $20,000 FOR HIS WEDDING

Andrew laughed. One dry, humorless sound.

For three weeks they pressed. He called with venue numbers. She called with timelines. They spoke to me like my “no” was a clerical error waiting to be corrected.

Then I gave Betty Jimenez next door a thousand dollars so her granddaughter could buy a tablet for nursing school.

To me, it was kindness.

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