Getting Over It
“Every time I had to make a call, I’d put it off and put it off until it was 6 P.M. and the person I needed to speak to had left the office. My illness lasted approximately three days before a verbal thrashing from Laetitia scared it out of me. Alas, the virus was cowed but not defeated. Because this morning I rang my mother’s boss at the brisk hour of seven to tell her about her little relapse, and it took me from 3:13 to 4:36 A.M. to perfect my lines, and another forty-five minutes to summon t...he courage to dial the number (I started lifting and replacing the receiver at 6:17 A.M.).Mrs. Armstrong’s first overt concern was for my mother’s health. “Shocking news… rest and recuperation… best wishes for a speedy recovery… spring back to her old self.” Yet the undercurrent of strained patience and fretful guilt soon burst—gasping for atonement—to the surface.Only last week, it emerged, Mrs. Armstrong had “had a quiet word” with Cecelia about “organization.” Not a reprimand, goodness no, just a reminder that the Christmas concert was fast bearing down upon us and the program, rehearsals, costumes, scripts, and timetable ought really to be well underway.MoreLess
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