The Stage She Built for Herself
Catherine was about to receive a city humanitarian award at the Riverside Hotel — three hundred guests: the mayor, council members, hospital board. My brother secured the A/V “tribute” slot.
Before the program began, Catherine took the microphone. She spun a perfect story — I was the schemer, the jealous daughter-in-law.
“Her mother destroyed my marriage,” she cried, “and now the daughter is destroying my family.”
When the applause swelled, I nodded to Damian.
