Wearing an Emerald Green Dress on My Birthday Cost Me My Husband

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Damon adjusted his collar, his fingers twitching against the starched white fabric.

“My mother stayed in that pediatric ward for thirty-six hours,” Jake said. “She did not leave my side. When the nurses told her there were no extra cots, she folded her winter coat into a pillow and slept right on the green linoleum floor next to my metal bed.continue reading …