My wife cooked 38 dishes for 75 relatives—only to be dismissed as “too simple.” I said nothing, took one photo, and by morning, they were begging me to undo what I’d done

reading it twice, Gloria quietly asked, “How many people?”

“About seventy-five.”

“And this is… tomorrow?”

“The party starts at three.”

Kevin stood behind Tiffany, scrolling through his phone.

“Kevin,” I called.

He looked up.

“Did you read this?”

“Some of it.”

“Thirty-eight dishes by tomorrow afternoon?”

“Tiffany said Mom could handle it.”

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