I Invited My Coworker to Our Fourth of July Barbecue Because He Had Nowhere Else to Go — But the Moment He Saw My Wife, He Turned Pale

need to know how far this went,” I said.

Joan nodded once and reached for her own phone.

“I know who might answer.”

“Who?” I asked.

“My aunt,” she said. “She was the only one who ever warned me about my mother. I memorized her number before I left.”

She reached for her phone and put the call on speaker.

A woman answered after the fourth ring.

“Hello?”

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