I smoothed it on the washing machine.

Magnolia Avenue Boutique.

A cream silk sheath dress, size two.

The total was $2,412.

I looked down at my maternity dress, blue cotton thinning along a seam.

I had been a size eight before pregnancy.

This was not something he had bought for me and forgotten to give me.

At the bottom, beside “Customer Name,” was Chloe.