All the President’s Menus (2014)
“Wentworth stepped out of her apartment as I was unlocking my door. “And how are things at the White House during this sequester?” she asked.
“Has it been that long since we’ve talked?”
Twisting her mouth to one side, she gave me a long, appraising look. “Seems to me now that you’re married, you don’t have time for us old folks anymore. I don’t think I’ve talked to you more than twice since my wedding.”
She and the apartment building’s handyman, Stanley, had tied the knot shortly aft...er Gav and I had. Just as I had kept my name, Olivia Paras, she’d kept hers. I was happy about that. To me, she would always be Mrs. Wentworth.
“The sequester is keeping me busier than I’d expected,” I said.
“Where’s your ball and chain?”
I laughed. “I’m not sure he’d be too thrilled with that moniker.”
“That’s what they are, though,”MoreLess
“Has it been that long since we’ve talked?”
Twisting her mouth to one side, she gave me a long, appraising look. “Seems to me now that you’re married, you don’t have time for us old folks anymore. I don’t think I’ve talked to you more than twice since my wedding.”
She and the apartment building’s handyman, Stanley, had tied the knot shortly aft...er Gav and I had. Just as I had kept my name, Olivia Paras, she’d kept hers. I was happy about that. To me, she would always be Mrs. Wentworth.
“The sequester is keeping me busier than I’d expected,” I said.
“Where’s your ball and chain?”
I laughed. “I’m not sure he’d be too thrilled with that moniker.”
“That’s what they are, though,”MoreLess
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