My mother-in-law blocked the entrance to my new apartment and screamed that her son had bought it for her, ordering me to leave.

had. Or I had loved who I believed he was. The man who danced with me in our half-renovated kitchen. The man who brought me soup when I was sick. The man who seemed proud of me before my strength became inconvenient.

“Yes,” I said. “I loved you.”

His eyes softened, as if he had found a door.

I closed it.

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