Thanksgiving's Bitter Truth

went to Evergreen

sonal items from the small o

g, but not with the ha

tense, a

ing photo used to hang – me and Olivia, beaming, hol

looking very much like a couple. His arm was

ng, was tucked behind a filing cab

iped it clean, and

ire, young, ambitious, and clearly on T

resignation," she said, her v

nksgiving incident. Olivia clearly hadn't rea

ears, people I' d trained, snicke

y Leo had brought in, s

ide. I just stepped

I didn't

e I' d bought mostly with my

that afternoon. T

week, for a

ent into my pe

felt clean, like

was a weig

rs. Leo was hers.

ce was