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They were sitting on the kitchen counter.
When I pointed them out, he snapped.
“You don’t need to make me feel stupid, Amy.”
“I was trying to help you find them.”
“Then get in the car. We’re already late.”
I wanted to remind him whose fault that was.
“I was trying to help you find them.”
Instead, I got in.
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Around noon, Eric pulled into a highway rest stop.
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“Five minutes,” he said.
I laughed because I thought he was joking.
He wasn’t.
“Eric, there might be a line.”
“Then don’t take forever.”
I laughed because I thought he was joking.
The women’s restroom was busy. I waited my turn and hurried back outside.
Nine minutes had passed.
Our car was gone.
I checked the parking lot, thinking he’d moved somewhere else.
Then my phone buzzed.
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“You need to learn not to keep people waiting.”
Our car was gone.
