My Mother Got Married
“I had just gotten up. I’d been awake since eight, but when you’re eleven, it’s not really cool to bail out early and watch The Smurfs. Not even if you still want to.When I finally made it down to the kitchen, my mother was already outside hanging sheets on the clothesline. We have a dryer but she says that sheets smell fresher if they’re hung outside. It also makes them stiff as a board.I was just about to pour some milk on my bowl of cereal when I heard a truck pull up in the driveway. I couldn’t see it, but I looked out the window and saw my mother fluffing her hair, so I figured it must be Ben. A second later, she dropped the clothespins out of her mouth and ran around to the front of the house to greet him.I wondered why he was here. To plant another tree, maybe? Or spread some fertilizer? But that wouldn’t make sense. He’d already done those things the week before.I put down the milk. If I wanted to know what Ben Russo was up to, I’d simply have to interrupt my breakfast and snea...k a peek at him through the dining room window.I was just heading into the hallway when I heard the front door slam.MoreLess
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