Borderline (2010)
“Mom likes my friends, but she has a special soft spot for Marty. She was a chubby kid too, and knows all about the teasing.
What with Andy being a motormouth, Mom doesn’t even think to ask for our Events of the Day. In no time, she’s laughing so hard at his stories, she’s practically gasping. Me, I don’t hear any of it. It’s like my mind is underwater. I struggle to break the surface, but that third phone number drags me down like a bag of cement.
It’s nothing, I tell myself, nothing. When Dad ...fled from Iran, his grandma found a way to smuggle him to Canada. He was a teenager in Montreal, where he met Mom. They only emigrated here when he got his scholarship to NYU. So, hey, maybe Dad called an old friend who’s in Toronto now. Maybe they could only get together Saturday night.
The snake stirs. A friend is more important than a man’s son?
No, but Dad doesn’t get to see his Canadian friends much. Me, he can take on a trip anytime.
So why didn’t he say that? Besides, why wouldn’t he want his friends to meet his son?MoreLess
What with Andy being a motormouth, Mom doesn’t even think to ask for our Events of the Day. In no time, she’s laughing so hard at his stories, she’s practically gasping. Me, I don’t hear any of it. It’s like my mind is underwater. I struggle to break the surface, but that third phone number drags me down like a bag of cement.
It’s nothing, I tell myself, nothing. When Dad ...fled from Iran, his grandma found a way to smuggle him to Canada. He was a teenager in Montreal, where he met Mom. They only emigrated here when he got his scholarship to NYU. So, hey, maybe Dad called an old friend who’s in Toronto now. Maybe they could only get together Saturday night.
The snake stirs. A friend is more important than a man’s son?
No, but Dad doesn’t get to see his Canadian friends much. Me, he can take on a trip anytime.
So why didn’t he say that? Besides, why wouldn’t he want his friends to meet his son?MoreLess
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