Bitter Gathering

"I was hoping you could talk to him and maybe cut those two some slack. Otherwise, I'll just keep stressing about it."

Miriam peeled the mask off her face and said, "Next time, don't make a big deal out of it. Those gifts are wasted on Cleo. She probably wouldn't even know what to do with them."

Nancy knew Miriam didn't like Cleo, and honestly, a lot of people didn't. But she didn't join in on the