He Lost Me Before He Knew It

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On Thanksgiving, my boyfriend Ethan finally agreed to come home with me and meet my parents.

He saw my phone. Forty-nine percent. He turned the car around.

“I told you your phone needs to be above 50% before you leave the house. If you can’t even manage something that simple, what’s the point of meeting your parents?”

Then his phone buzzed. Vanessa.

“My phone’s almost dead. I’m at the airport alone, and I’m scared.”

He headed straight for the airport to pick her up.

I demanded an explanation. “Her phone is dying, so you rush to pick her up.