Absolute Rage
“Having committed herself, having spent the whole of the previous evening generating quality time with her sons (Monopoly, casino, hours of Tolkien) and explaining what she was doing, having overinstructed her daughter and her manager, she felt for the first time in a long time like the old Marlene, or at least like the nostalgic memory thereof. As she loaded her bag and dog into the Dodge, she discovered she was humming the Pirate Jenny song from Threepenny Opera.
She stopped when she saw that ...her daughter, dressed in an old flannel bathrobe, was watching her from the doorway, smiling.
“Off on an adventure,” Lucy observed. “You’re as happy as a puppy.”
“It’s not an adventure,” answered Marlene a little testily. “It’s a very dull mission of mercy. I should be back in a week, tops.”
Lucy shook her head pityingly. “Oh, Mom . . .”
“What? What’s with this ‘Oh, Mom’? I fail to understand why everyone is making such a big deal out of this. Could you please explain that?”MoreLess
She stopped when she saw that ...her daughter, dressed in an old flannel bathrobe, was watching her from the doorway, smiling.
“Off on an adventure,” Lucy observed. “You’re as happy as a puppy.”
“It’s not an adventure,” answered Marlene a little testily. “It’s a very dull mission of mercy. I should be back in a week, tops.”
Lucy shook her head pityingly. “Oh, Mom . . .”
“What? What’s with this ‘Oh, Mom’? I fail to understand why everyone is making such a big deal out of this. Could you please explain that?”MoreLess
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