Eric blinked.
“My dad is furious.”
“What?”
“Go back to your seat, Eric.”
“I thought that’s what you wanted.”
“What I wanted was a husband who thought sitting with his wife and children was normal.”
“Diane, please.”
“You can’t fix a year of this in an airplane aisle. Go enjoy the seat you bought.”
“I thought that’s what you wanted.”
He looked at Tina asleep against me.
Then he looked at the other two.
“What am I supposed to tell my parents?”
“Whatever you want.”
I held his gaze.
“Whatever you want.”
“But I’m not covering for you anymore.”
Eric stood there another second before turning away.
Mildred didn’t comment.
She just picked up Talia’s book when it slipped to the floor.
That small kindness nearly broke me.
“I’m not covering for you anymore.”
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