On My Own
My fiancée and my best friend were the top partners at a multi-million-dollar law firm, while I was just the guy handling the administrative work.
In the courtroom, they were in perfect sync, trading fierce legal arguments and sharing an effortless dynamic. In their personal lives, they casually flirted through law jokes that only the two of them understood.
I could never get a word in, edge-wise. Every time they laughed, I offered a painfully awkward smile.
Even at my mother's funeral, nothing changed. They chatted merrily in front of her coffin, eventually breaking into audible laughter.
“Clara, can you greet the guests?” I called out to her.
I was the only child in the family, and a