SalmaI had come out to enjoy a quiet stress-free night with Josephine after putting Leona to bed and leaving her with her great-grandmother, Rita. The last person I had thought I would encounter was Brandon. “Josephine?” I glared at my best friend who had convinced me that joining tables with Brandon was not such a bad idea. She was wrong—very wrong, and I was now paying for that with unsolicited advice from Brandon. As Josephine and I walked out of the bar, I began to yell my frustration at the top of my voice.“He's an idiot!” I screamed, “he hasn't even known Leona for two minutes and he thinks he's an expert on her?” “Salma… you need to keep calm,” Josephine said, trying to get me to calm down, but it was quite impossible at this point. I was already overly stimulated by everything that had happened today, and would happen tomorrow. “This is the calmest I can be, Josie,” I said to my friend, near tears, “is this how it's going to be from now on? Making every decision about my
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