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to speak at first. His name was Marco Alvarez, and Margaret had hired him for years. When Lena approached him, he shut the restaurant door in her face.
I knew my mother-in-law hated me, but I never thought she would hide shrimp in my food while I was pregnant. When my throat closed and I grabbed my belly, Daniel snapped, “Stop em:bar:rassing my mother.”
The next morning, I went myself.
He was standing in the empty dining room, wiping the same glass again and again.
“I signed an NDA,” he said before I even sat down.
