Another Life (2012)
“The whole family knows. So do all my friends.
They’re OK – I just told them I was mugged. They were awed, sympathetic, caring.
My mum and aunts can’t be fobbed off with that story, though. They’re horrified. They think Ty and I had a big fight because Ty told his mum that I gave him the black eye. She told his dad in New York, he told my mum, chat, chat, worry, worry.
My dad flew off to Brazil to pitch for a contract. He left me with the lies and stories, the swollen nose and the pu...rple and black bruises.
My grandpa – completely fine, just a cut on his head and a night under observation in the hospital – isn’t sympathetic.
‘Let them fight things out between them,’ he told my mum. ‘Danny and you worrying about it won’t help either of them. I gather Archie punched Ty. Good for him – becoming a man at last.MoreLess
They’re OK – I just told them I was mugged. They were awed, sympathetic, caring.
My mum and aunts can’t be fobbed off with that story, though. They’re horrified. They think Ty and I had a big fight because Ty told his mum that I gave him the black eye. She told his dad in New York, he told my mum, chat, chat, worry, worry.
My dad flew off to Brazil to pitch for a contract. He left me with the lies and stories, the swollen nose and the pu...rple and black bruises.
My grandpa – completely fine, just a cut on his head and a night under observation in the hospital – isn’t sympathetic.
‘Let them fight things out between them,’ he told my mum. ‘Danny and you worrying about it won’t help either of them. I gather Archie punched Ty. Good for him – becoming a man at last.MoreLess
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