Lunch Money
“Maura’s mom was perfectly happy to do all the talking.
“Oh, you poor dear. Let me look at—ooh, such a bruise! And my Maura did this? But it was just an accident . . . and you know that, don’t you? That it was an accident? Not like that time in first grade when you bumped Maura off the end of the sliding board. Or that time you threw the snowball into her face. But still . . . you poor dear! It must hurt like crazy. Is that compress still cold? . . . Good. Now you just lean back, because we don’...t want your nose to start bleeding again—not here in the car. Mr. Shaw would give us all black eyes if that happened—I’m only kidding. But lean back . . . farther . . . that’s a good boy. Remember, Maura, when our Tommy got hit with that lacrosse ball? . . . Snapped his nose like a carrot stick, and the blood—oh! You would not believe it! And when I got down to that field . . .”
It was only a five or six-minute drive, but by the time he got home, Greg had heard a detailed description of every major blood-producing event endured by the Shaw family over the past fifteen years.MoreLess
“Oh, you poor dear. Let me look at—ooh, such a bruise! And my Maura did this? But it was just an accident . . . and you know that, don’t you? That it was an accident? Not like that time in first grade when you bumped Maura off the end of the sliding board. Or that time you threw the snowball into her face. But still . . . you poor dear! It must hurt like crazy. Is that compress still cold? . . . Good. Now you just lean back, because we don’...t want your nose to start bleeding again—not here in the car. Mr. Shaw would give us all black eyes if that happened—I’m only kidding. But lean back . . . farther . . . that’s a good boy. Remember, Maura, when our Tommy got hit with that lacrosse ball? . . . Snapped his nose like a carrot stick, and the blood—oh! You would not believe it! And when I got down to that field . . .”
It was only a five or six-minute drive, but by the time he got home, Greg had heard a detailed description of every major blood-producing event endured by the Shaw family over the past fifteen years.MoreLess
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