Starting With Alice
““I’d rather eat toads,” said Lester.
“You don’t have a choice,” said Dad.
“Do I have to?” Lester hollered. “I hate weddings! I hate dressing up. Why can’t I stay here?”
“Because I would have to be brain-dead to leave a sixteen-year-old boy alone in a house over a holiday weekend, that’s why,” said Dad. “You either come with us, or spend Thanksgiving with your aunt Sally in Chicago.”
I didn’t think that would be so bad at all, but at the very mention of Aunt Sally, Lester changed his mind. “Okay..., I’ll go,” he grumbled, “but I won’t enjoy it.”
“You don’t have to enjoy it,” said Dad. “You just have to show your support for a fifty-seven-year-old man who finally decided to get married.”
“What took him so long?” I asked.
“I guess he was just looking for the right woman, and Marge happened to be the one,” said Dad.
Suddenly I didn’t want to go. “Who will take care of Oatmeal?” I cried. “I can’t go off and leave her.”MoreLess
“You don’t have a choice,” said Dad.
“Do I have to?” Lester hollered. “I hate weddings! I hate dressing up. Why can’t I stay here?”
“Because I would have to be brain-dead to leave a sixteen-year-old boy alone in a house over a holiday weekend, that’s why,” said Dad. “You either come with us, or spend Thanksgiving with your aunt Sally in Chicago.”
I didn’t think that would be so bad at all, but at the very mention of Aunt Sally, Lester changed his mind. “Okay..., I’ll go,” he grumbled, “but I won’t enjoy it.”
“You don’t have to enjoy it,” said Dad. “You just have to show your support for a fifty-seven-year-old man who finally decided to get married.”
“What took him so long?” I asked.
“I guess he was just looking for the right woman, and Marge happened to be the one,” said Dad.
Suddenly I didn’t want to go. “Who will take care of Oatmeal?” I cried. “I can’t go off and leave her.”MoreLess
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