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nothing to fall back on.

The miscarriage had already hollowed me out when, a week later, he left, too. He went off with a younger mistress.

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For weeks, I ran on instinct more than anything else.

I picked up extra shifts at the diner. I counted every tip as if it were oxygen.

But sheer stubbornness only stretches so far.

He went off with a younger mistress.continue reading …

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