My In-Laws Threw Me Into the Rain

he saw me.

Not a dramatic tear. Not performance.

One quiet tear slipping down his cheek before he whispered, “There you are.”

The memory nearly dropped me to my knees.

I pulled a tissue from my coat pocket and wiped mud from the cover.

Slowly.

Carefully.

Victoria watched me with disgust.

“For God’s sake,” she snapped. “Have some dignity.”

I stood.

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