I can still see her, that Margo, floating back to her purple Honda Civic, so numb inside, almost shell-shocked. She wasn’t sure what she should do next. Bodhi had miraculously fallen asleep, so she went to the Arby’s drive-through, ordered two Classic Beef ’n Cheddar sandwiches, and ate them both in the car while he slept. As the fat hit her bloodstream, she realized she was extremely happy. She had $15,000. Yes, she felt gross and degraded, but she had done it. She’d saved them. I like getting to be the me now watching the past me. It’s almost a way of loving myself. Stroking the cheek of
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