We were born from this bruise, their marriage. Soon my father died, and I was awake and lying on the pullout couch watching Saturday Night Live for the first time. I was ten years old. O.J. Simpson was the host. The musical guest was Ricki Lee Jones. Chuck E.’s in Love. Her beret. Long hair and teeth. The next morning I would fly in an airplane for the first time. I drank ginger ale and…

The news is officially out. After PEOPLE exclusively confirmed that George Clooney was off the market, his fiancée, human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin, was congratulated by her law firm.  "You're a fool," the supervisor had told her. "I know," she said. He thumped the desk in frustration. "You'll be dead before the ceremony's finished." "I don't care," she said. "You'll break his heart." She hesitated, this time. "I know." The supervisor visibly composed himself before he came around…