Something Borrowed
“I give her the highlights, but she is insatiable. She wants to know every detail about every guest, gift, conversation. I have a flashback to high school, when I'd come home, exhausted from a day of academic and social pressure, and she would inquire about Ethan's debateteam performance or Darcy's cheerleading tryout or what we talked about in English class. If I wasn't forthcoming enough, she would fill in the gaps, rambling about her part-time job at the orthodontist's office or what rude thi...ng Bryant Gumble said on the Today show or how she ran into my third-grade teacher in the grocery store. My mother is an open-book chatterbox and she expects everyone to be just like her, particularly her only child.
She finishes her inquisition on the shower and moves on to what else? the wedding.
"So has Darcy decided on a veil?" She straightens a pile of Newsweeks on our coffee table, waiting for an in-depth answer.
"Yes." She moves closer on our couch. "Long?" "Fingertip." She claps excitedly.MoreLess
She finishes her inquisition on the shower and moves on to what else? the wedding.
"So has Darcy decided on a veil?" She straightens a pile of Newsweeks on our coffee table, waiting for an in-depth answer.
"Yes." She moves closer on our couch. "Long?" "Fingertip." She claps excitedly.MoreLess
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