They Went on a Holiday Cruise and Left Me With a Man They Called a “Problem”

lips, fabric across my lap. I held up my phone.

“Smile,” I told him.

“I don’t smile on command,” he said.

“Pretend you’re in a curtain commercial,” I suggested.

He sighed and allowed the corners of his mouth to lift, just enough.

I took the photo and typed a caption: Making some changes around here.

I sent it to David and, with Thomas’s permission, to Clara continue reading …