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The Art of Not Knowing
When betrayal becomes part of the marriage furniture

Janie Flores-Alvarez
Jun 14 min read


Tengansho
I married Frankie on a Tuesday, because that’s when the courthouse has less people. We got our marriage license a week before, and on Tuesday we both showed up on our lunch hour and said our awkward I dos. It was all very administrative. After we got married, I went back to work. I’m a teacher. He’s a mechanic at a Ford dealership. That day, we ate Jack in the Box, because that’s his favorite. He got some sweet bread from La Reynera. There was no party. No guests. No invitati

Maria Salinas
Jan 188 min read
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