Night Jasmine (1993)
“Aimee helped her father from the car and into his chair, then pushed him up the ramp. Exhaustion pulled at her, as did a heart-deep weariness brought on by her father’s predicament and her place in it.
The trip had been a disaster. Her father had been difficult—short-tempered and uncooperative. He’d taken his bitterness and anger out on her. It seemed the more accommodating she had become, the worse he’d treated her.
Several times during the course of the afternoon she’d had to fight off tears.... It hurt to have him treat her so. It hurt more to see him so unhappy. She had made it through the day by reminding herself that her father needed her, that she was being a good, dutiful daughter, just as she’d promised herself she would be.
“Oliver,” Aimee called, holding the screen open with one hand and helping to guide Roubin’s chair through the store’s doorway with the other. “We’re home.”
The screen snapped shut behind them, the sound echoing in the empty store. Aimee frowned.MoreLess
The trip had been a disaster. Her father had been difficult—short-tempered and uncooperative. He’d taken his bitterness and anger out on her. It seemed the more accommodating she had become, the worse he’d treated her.
Several times during the course of the afternoon she’d had to fight off tears.... It hurt to have him treat her so. It hurt more to see him so unhappy. She had made it through the day by reminding herself that her father needed her, that she was being a good, dutiful daughter, just as she’d promised herself she would be.
“Oliver,” Aimee called, holding the screen open with one hand and helping to guide Roubin’s chair through the store’s doorway with the other. “We’re home.”
The screen snapped shut behind them, the sound echoing in the empty store. Aimee frowned.MoreLess
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