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My Sister Called Me a Leech at Thanksgiving Until a Colonel Stood Up and Changed the Room

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someone’s service was dismissed.

My mother was less composed. She told me Amanda didn’t mean it, that she’d had too much wine, that she was showing off. I told her that Amanda had called me a leech in front of a colonel in the United States Army and nobody at the table had said a word. She went quiet. Then: “I know. I’m sorry.”

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