I Asked the Waiter to Split the Check

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Sophie said, “Can we help decorate your condo?”

And my mother smiled into her coffee.

“I’d like that.”

After

When I dropped her at a motel near the highway, she leaned across the seat before getting out and kissed both girls goodnight.

Then she touched my arm.

“He’s going to call you cruel.”

I said, “I know.”

“He’ll tell people you embarrassed him.”

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