My supervisor dumps his work on me. I do it to avoid tension. For over a year, I had been the silent engine behind our department at a mid-sized marketing firm in Manchester. My boss,…

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My mom noticed a faint perfume scent lingering on my dad. She didn’t mention it right away, but a few days later, she saw glitter on his shirt and a hairpin tucked into his pocket.…