My Fading Affection

The high school reunion was winding down when Dean, our class president, suddenly pointed tipsily at my daughter and blurted out to me, "Celeste, why does your daughter look so much like Olivia?"

The lively atmosphere instantly froze.

Olivia Jones was my husband James Parker’s first love and the one who got away. She had passed away from leukemia before even finishing college.

The other classmates quickly jumped in to smooth things over, claiming Dean was just drunk and talking nonsense. Yet those words planted a deep seed of doubt in my heart.