My Ex-Wife Returned for Our Daughter’s Wedding After Fifteen Years—Chloe Gave Her the Box of Invitations That Came Back
Finally, I took down the box.
It had been behind old papers and a folded blanket nobody used.
Dust caught on my fingers.
The lid resisted slightly where the cardboard had bent.
I carried it to the table.
“Fifteen years,” I said.
Chloe did not open it immediately.
She rested her hand on the lid and looked at me.