That night, I deleted three baby apps from my phone.
For a while, I stopped going to baby showers too.
Thomas understood.
She knew about the failed transfers, the medication, the specialist, all of it.
His mother did not.
Susan knew everything.
Not some vague version.
Everything.
Susan had a talent for making cruelty sound almost conversational.
She knew about the failed transfers, the medication, the specialist, all of it.
And somehow, that made her more comfortable making jokes.
Susan had a talent for making cruelty sound almost conversational.
If a cousin announced a pregnancy, Susan would glance at me.
“Some women are just luckier than others.”
At Christmas, she once handed me wine and laughed.
