Statue of Limitations
Statue of Limitations
“Mama said, “I’ve already invited guests to tea.”
I wish I could say that I couldn’t believe how much nerve she had. Unfortunately, I could. The examples were legion. Perhaps the example that stood out the most in my memory, and which I still chafed at, if I allowed myself to think about it, was my high school prom. The senior prom. Mama canceled my date with Brad Belk, a college freshman she didn’t like, and “substituted” Howard Craighead, a high school sophomore. I would have spent the entire ...night on my bed crying, but since Howard had yet to get his driver’s license, and had a daddy richer than Howard Hughes, I got to ride to the prom in a real, chauffeured limousine, one that was privately owned. Not the kind that smells vaguely like puke, and into which promgoers pack themselves like circus clowns.
“Then you’ll have to uninvite them, Mama.”
“You don’t want me to, dear.”
“Yes, I do.”
The smallest of smirks played at corners of her perfectly rouged mouth.MoreLess
I wish I could say that I couldn’t believe how much nerve she had. Unfortunately, I could. The examples were legion. Perhaps the example that stood out the most in my memory, and which I still chafed at, if I allowed myself to think about it, was my high school prom. The senior prom. Mama canceled my date with Brad Belk, a college freshman she didn’t like, and “substituted” Howard Craighead, a high school sophomore. I would have spent the entire ...night on my bed crying, but since Howard had yet to get his driver’s license, and had a daddy richer than Howard Hughes, I got to ride to the prom in a real, chauffeured limousine, one that was privately owned. Not the kind that smells vaguely like puke, and into which promgoers pack themselves like circus clowns.
“Then you’ll have to uninvite them, Mama.”
“You don’t want me to, dear.”
“Yes, I do.”
The smallest of smirks played at corners of her perfectly rouged mouth.MoreLess
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