"Minnie, are you all right? Why are you so pale?"The woman beside me nudged my arm, and only then did I surface from the ringing in my ears. The noise of the reunion sounded as though it were coming through a thick pane of glass.My sister, Winona Sherwood, had already slipped away to the restroom.The wives who had pushed hardest for the challenge earlier had the good sense to change the subject.I forced a stiff smile. "I'm fine. Maybe my blood sugar's just a little low.""Then you should head home. Look how much your husband dotes on you. He's probably got something good waiting for you."I said nothing more. I grabbed my bag and all but fled.On the drive home, my fingertips turned ice-cold. I gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles went white.In my head, the two voices played over and over.One had said, "Buy it, baby," in a warm, smiling tone. The other had said, "Baby," with a note of surprise.The timbre and cadence matched exactly. So did the faint, barely per
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