The Placeholder Who Became Queen
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la. My new Cabernet was launching, the culmination of three years trans
ge ex, and snatched the microphone. He slurred, branding me a "placeholder" and firi
ousand dollars for my years of effort. Jessica preened, boasting about being the "rightful" Mrs. P
ally discarded, so utterly humiliated in front of everyone, felt like a cruel jok
the clothes on my back. But just then, my in-laws, Richard and Susan, stepped forward, and the