Carl Hiaasen
“And disappointment—corrosive and bottomless disappointment—in her only son, who after thirty-five years had failed to distinguish himself either professionally or socially, displaying to Della’s hardened eye not a speck of ambition.
“Don’t tell me you got fired again,” she said as he sat down across the table.
“As a matter of fact, I’m getting promoted,” Boyd Shreave said, and then to the waiter: “I’ll have the jerked chicken sandwich with extra mayo.”
Della glared. “Are you trying to make me v...omit? Extra mayo?”
“Why would you think I got fired?”
“’Cause that’s the only time you ever have lunch with me, when you’ve got stinking rotten news and you don’t want me to make a fuss. You know damn well I won’t raise my voice in a restaurant.”
Boyd Shreave shrugged. “Last time you called me a lazy sack of muleshit.”
“Yes, but quietly.” Della stirred her jumbo Diet Coke with a straw. “So what are you getting promoted to—deputy chief telephone harasser?”MoreLess
“Don’t tell me you got fired again,” she said as he sat down across the table.
“As a matter of fact, I’m getting promoted,” Boyd Shreave said, and then to the waiter: “I’ll have the jerked chicken sandwich with extra mayo.”
Della glared. “Are you trying to make me v...omit? Extra mayo?”
“Why would you think I got fired?”
“’Cause that’s the only time you ever have lunch with me, when you’ve got stinking rotten news and you don’t want me to make a fuss. You know damn well I won’t raise my voice in a restaurant.”
Boyd Shreave shrugged. “Last time you called me a lazy sack of muleshit.”
“Yes, but quietly.” Della stirred her jumbo Diet Coke with a straw. “So what are you getting promoted to—deputy chief telephone harasser?”MoreLess
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