My Family Toasted

make work harder just because they wear expensive shoes?”

“Case by case.”

She considered.

“Then yes.”

I stood and held out my hand.

She looked at it, then hugged me instead.

It lasted one second.

Maybe two.

Then she stepped back. “Don’t make it weird.”

“I wouldn’t dream of it.”

For the first time that day, I laughed without bitterness.

Then my phone buzzed.

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