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Have you ever seen
The Last Holiday?
With Queen Latifah?
Yeah, I think so.
It’s not bad.
I hit play, and
as the opening credits begin to roll
Lyric whispers:
Your moms are really nice.
Yeah, I know.
They like you a lot too.
Lyric nods.I can tell
they love you more than anything.
I swallow and nod.
Yeah, they do. I just wish—
What?
I wish they’d get back
to loving one another
the way they used to before—
Before they separated?
Now it’s my turn to nod.
I pick at some fluff on the blanket.
I do not
under any circumstances
want to cry in front of Lyric.
Hey—
Lyric scoots closer to me
lifts my chin up to meet her eyes.
They will. There’s too much love
in this house
