“You idiot, you ruined everything! »
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I dragged the ring off my finger and dropped it into her palm.
Mom suddenly turned to him. “You idiot, you ruined everything! »
“Me? You were the one who got caught by an inspector. »
The security guards intervened and escorted them outside as they shouted at each other.
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A few weeks later, I was sitting under my father’s porch, the same porch where I had once waited when I was little. He gave me a coffee. “How are you, little girl? »
“I’m better than good. »
They never wanted to live up to you.
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He looked at me and smiled at me.
“I know. »
“They leave because they never wanted to be enough for you. »
The morning light flooded the court, and for the first time in twenty-three years, I wasn’t waiting for someone to come back.
