The Wife Who Waved Until She Thought I Couldn't See
From the last car of the troop train I watched my wife wave until she thought I couldn't see her anymore. Then she turne...
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The Chair He Gave Away
"Overflow is through the side door, Leona. Tonight is for people who matter." My husband said it in front of two hundred guests. The woman taking my chair wore my dead mother's gold oak leaf. I smiled, walked to the overflow tent and turned to one email I had already read. It had arrived at 3:38 that afternoon. By Monday morning, everyone in his boardroom would know why I was smiling.
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Chapters
- 01 Overflow Is Through The Side Door 514 words
- 02 The Yellow Tab 503 words
- 03 Marchetti-Tarrant 485 words
- 04 Twenty Minutes In The Green Room 440 words
- 05 The Wrong Suspect 466 words
- 06 Sloane's Folder 471 words
- 07 The Call At One In The Morning 536 words
- 08 Turn It Over 501 words
- 09 What Anselm Wrote 515 words
- 10 The Chair 561 words
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