Making desserts.
Brewing coffee.
Meanwhile…
Everyone else relaxed.
Whenever someone needed something…
They called my name.
« Emma! »
« We’re out of ketchup! »
« Can you bring more ice? »
« Where are the clean towels? »
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I slipped the note under the pizza box so fast I thought my mother-in-law would see it: ‘Please help me. Don’t leave.’ When the delivery driver looked up and heard her snap, ‘She doesn’t need a phone, she needs discipline,’ his face changed.
“I slipped the note under the pizza box so fast I thought my mother-in-law would catch me: ‘Please help me. Don’t leave.’ When the…