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Marilyn smiled back, a fake smile, the same one she had given to her mother all those years. You lifted the corners of your mouth toward your ears. You kept your lips closed. It was amazing how no one could tell.

I could have done that, Marilyn thought, and the words clicked into place like puzzle pieces, shocking her with their rightness. The hypothetical past perfect, the tense of missed chances. Tears dripped down her chin. No, she thought suddenly. I could do that.

Was she sad? She was angry. Furious at the smallness of her mother’s life.

OH THIS EATS

"The thought that flashed through her mind wasn’t 'How did I miss it?' but 'What else have you been hiding?'"

1) oh this eats so far
2) is this like the we need to talk about kevin situation /j