The Slap That Ended Everything

why that was the line that nearly made me laugh.

Maybe because she sounded so normal.

Maybe because he’d spent months acting like people like Linda didn’t count.

He said, “You had no right.”

Jean answered for me. “Actually, she had several.”

After

I left before the auction.

I wish I could tell you I strode out while everyone stared and the chandelier light continue reading …