The Burden of Us

Cleo turned her head away, like she'd expected this ending all along. She said, "Dominic, that year, you left me at the Vance manor, I never had a single meal where I felt full.

"Your mom, your aunts, they all disliked me. Even your grandpa didn't care for me, and every servant in that place looked down on me.

"Every day, the only thing I ever hoped for was you coming home. When you were there, I