“Andrews @page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } The Terrible Truth . "Jory," began Madame when we were in her ratty old car and driving homeward. "Your parents don't confide in you much about their past, do they?" "They tell us enough," I said stiffly, resenting the way she kept prying, when it didn't matter, it didn't. "They are very good listeners, and everyone says they make the best kind of conversationlists." She snorted. "Being a good listener is the perfect way to av...oid answering questions you'd rather ignore." "Now you look here, Grandmother. My parents like their privacy. They have asked both Bart and me not to talk about our home life to our friends, and after all, it does make good sense for a family to stick together." "Really . . . ?" "Yes!" I shouted, "I like my privacy too!" "You are of an age to need privacy; they are not." "Madame, my mother was a celebrity of sorts, and Dad is a doctor, and Mom has been married three times. I don't think she wants her former sister-in-law, Amanda, to know where we live." "Why not?" "My aunt Amanda is not a very nice person, that's all." "Jory, do you trust me?" "Yes," I said, but I didn't.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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