She Was Sitting In My Front-Row Seat Holding My Novel — Smiling Like She Had Stolen My Life

humiliation had been acceptable to her as long as it came wrapped in sophistication.

I leaned back.

“You chose convenient grief.”

Her mouth closed.

Mara turned another page.

“The deed is bad enough,” she said.

“But the mechanism is worse.”

She slid a copy toward me.

It was the alleged power of attorney.

My signature sat at the bottom, obedient and false.

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