My parents told everyone I was a waitress, for nin…

house. He had it on his fridge and he had drawn an arrow in Sharpie pointing to the cropped edge next to the arrow he had written. Wanda was here.

He caught me staring at it. Your mother is going to feel very stupid one day, he said. And I plan to be in the room when it happens.

I almost told him right then, almost. But the test was not over and they continue reading …