Around the Bend (2010)
“But as we drove through the rest of the Rocky Mountains, a never-ending vista of beauty, our conversations became, well— Conversations.
Good thing, too, because it helped take my mind off how badly I had screwed things up with Nick. How he was flying back to Massachusetts as I drove in the opposite direction—the very metaphor for our relationship. Just a few days ago, everything had been wonderful with us, and now, we’d diverged. I didn’t see a way to bring us back together without giving Nick ...the one thing he wanted, and I didn’t.
“Did you always want to be a lawyer?” I asked my mother, focusing on her, instead of my deplorable love life.
She laughed. “I did. You know me. I could argue the price of peanuts with an elephant.”
“That’s true.”
“I drove my mother crazy, always arguing back with her and breaking all her rules.”
I shifted in the driver’s seat to stare at her. “You? You’re kidding me.”
“Believe it or not, but I was quite the hellion when I was younger.MoreLess
Good thing, too, because it helped take my mind off how badly I had screwed things up with Nick. How he was flying back to Massachusetts as I drove in the opposite direction—the very metaphor for our relationship. Just a few days ago, everything had been wonderful with us, and now, we’d diverged. I didn’t see a way to bring us back together without giving Nick ...the one thing he wanted, and I didn’t.
“Did you always want to be a lawyer?” I asked my mother, focusing on her, instead of my deplorable love life.
She laughed. “I did. You know me. I could argue the price of peanuts with an elephant.”
“That’s true.”
“I drove my mother crazy, always arguing back with her and breaking all her rules.”
I shifted in the driver’s seat to stare at her. “You? You’re kidding me.”
“Believe it or not, but I was quite the hellion when I was younger.MoreLess
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