My Security Guard Called At 5 A.M. To Say My Daughter In Law Claimed She Owned My Apartment

was exhibiting. Rebecca would have heard it as evidence of the instability that would become, I would later understand, very useful to her plans. A woman who trusts her instincts too openly can always be made to look unreasonable, which is the oldest mechanism for dismissing women who see things clearly.

So I watched. And I adjusted.

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