The Most Dangerous Thing
“The invitation occurs to Doris just like that, when she stops by his office after altar guild to ask how Go-Go—Gordon, Father Andrew does not approve of nicknames—has been doing since school started.
“We should talk,” he says. “Not now I’m afraid—I’m due at a meeting—but we should make time to speak privately.”
She knows her heart should sink at those words. No mother—no good mother—wants to hear those words: We should talk. And, somewhere inside her, there is a horrible, pricking worry..., something plummeting with the sound of a long, sad cartoon slide whistle. I knew it. Things aren’t getting better. But that pathetic naysayer can barely be heard over the Love, American Style fireworks shooting into the air. They have to talk! Privately!
“The thing is, you are so in demand when you’re here,” she says. “People always seem to be tugging at you. And my husband and I still have only the one car, and he uses it most days.MoreLess
“We should talk,” he says. “Not now I’m afraid—I’m due at a meeting—but we should make time to speak privately.”
She knows her heart should sink at those words. No mother—no good mother—wants to hear those words: We should talk. And, somewhere inside her, there is a horrible, pricking worry..., something plummeting with the sound of a long, sad cartoon slide whistle. I knew it. Things aren’t getting better. But that pathetic naysayer can barely be heard over the Love, American Style fireworks shooting into the air. They have to talk! Privately!
“The thing is, you are so in demand when you’re here,” she says. “People always seem to be tugging at you. And my husband and I still have only the one car, and he uses it most days.MoreLess
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