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But today, I was playing the part assigned to me: the inconvenient antique.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTry to stay out of the way, Grandma Rose,\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Tiffany<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0had said earlier, her voice dripping with that sickeningly sweet tone one uses for toddlers and golden retrievers. She had lusted over this venue for months, preening for the cameras, ensuring every angle was perfect. And apparently, a wheelchair didn\u2019t fit the aesthetic of \u201cModern Aristocracy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I watched her now, circulating through the room. Tiffany was undeniably beautiful, in the way a plastic flower is beautiful\u2014flawless, vibrant, and utterly devoid of life. She laughed with the senator\u2019s wife, threw her head back to show off her swan-like neck, and kept a possessive hand on my grandson,\u00a0<\/span>Mark<\/span><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But today, I was playing the part assigned to me: the inconvenient antique. \u201cTry to stay out of the way, Grandma Rose,\u201d\u00a0Tiffany\u00a0had said earlier, her voice dripping with that sickeningly sweet tone one uses for toddlers and golden retrievers. She had lusted over this venue for months, preening for the cameras, ensuring every angle was…<\/p>\n

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