Ex-Husband's Regret
Mom starts laughing harder. “No, no. The horse speech came after she said all men were emotionally constipated.”
“Please stop,” I groan while hiding my face.
Lilly isn’t done. “And then there was the time she said she’d rather marry a cactus than give relationships a try.”
“In my defense, I was really serious," I mumble.
They all burst into laughter; the sound fills the room so warmly that for a second, everything feels light. We’ve barely recovered when the door bursts open, the frame hitting the wall behind it.