Requiem for the Bone Man (2011)
““Come on, Bob, be serious!”
“So what’s wrong with Murgatroyd or Theofilos if it’s a boy?”
She had felt the nausea and first thought it was the flu. Then the early-morning vomiting began. Her cycle was two weeks past due. Her mother smiled when she complained about the queasiness, then she placed her hands on Nancy’s abdomen and floored her when she spoke in her heavy German accent.
“Meine Tochter, sie tragen neues leben.”
My daughter, you are carrying new life.
That evening, when Edison had a...rrived home from his job in New York City, she waited until after dinner, sitting next to him as he sprawled on the couch to unwind.
“Bob, let’s repaint the spare bedroom. We’re going to have a guest pretty soon.”
“Great, just what I don’t need right now. Which side of the family is going to drive us nuts this time?”
“Neither.”
“Well, who is it?’ “I don’t know the name yet.”
“What do you mean, you don’t …?”
He stopped.
“Yes, Daddy,” she had said, smiling with a face as rosy as her shimmering hair.MoreLess
“So what’s wrong with Murgatroyd or Theofilos if it’s a boy?”
She had felt the nausea and first thought it was the flu. Then the early-morning vomiting began. Her cycle was two weeks past due. Her mother smiled when she complained about the queasiness, then she placed her hands on Nancy’s abdomen and floored her when she spoke in her heavy German accent.
“Meine Tochter, sie tragen neues leben.”
My daughter, you are carrying new life.
That evening, when Edison had a...rrived home from his job in New York City, she waited until after dinner, sitting next to him as he sprawled on the couch to unwind.
“Bob, let’s repaint the spare bedroom. We’re going to have a guest pretty soon.”
“Great, just what I don’t need right now. Which side of the family is going to drive us nuts this time?”
“Neither.”
“Well, who is it?’ “I don’t know the name yet.”
“What do you mean, you don’t …?”
He stopped.
“Yes, Daddy,” she had said, smiling with a face as rosy as her shimmering hair.MoreLess
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