The Seat They Stole From My Son’s Mother

The usher could hardly look me in the eye.

He was young, probably nineteen, wearing a clip-on bow tie and clutching a clipboard as if it might somehow shield him from the situation unfolding in front of him.

“Ma’am,” he said quietly, “I’m sorry. The front seats are occupied. You’ll have to stand in the back.”

I looked past him.


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