The Boardroom Went Quiet When My Mother’s Phone Rang

of them?”

“Enough.”

Another pause. I could hear traffic through his speaker.

Finally he said, “I didn’t know people from the plants called you instead of us.”

“Yeah.”

“Why?”

I laughed once. No humor in it.

“Because I call back.”

He didn’t answer that.

Then he said something stranger.

“Jennifer’s furious. Mom’s… not talking much. Richard says you embarrassed continue reading …