My Parents Took the $22,000 Hawaii Trip I Paid For

the point.”

“It rarely is with you.”

She ignored that. “You’re trying to replace me.”

I stopped walking in the parking garage.

The concrete smelled like exhaust and rain. Somewhere below me, a car alarm chirped twice.

“Megan,” I said carefully, “you are her mother. Nobody can replace you. But I am not going to apologize because your daughter trusts me.”

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