Dana said, “this is a very nice surprise.” Irene Albacete, sitting across from Dana in the booth, nodded in agreement. “I’m beginning my Mother’s Day feeling like a queen.” Next to them, their respective daughters beamed. “It was my idea,” they said in unison, then looked at each other indignantly. “It’s perfectly reasonable for it to have occurred to both of you at the same time,” Irene said reassuringly. She held up her menu. “Mmmm. The ham and eggs looks very tasty. What are you having, Dana?” “Order anything you want, Mom,” Brittany said confidently. “Money is no object.” “Well, if you’re sure... .” “An-y-thing you want,” Brittany repeated. Dana suppressed a smile. She remembered the air mail envelope that came last week addressed to Brittany from the Covingtons in Nassau. It must have contained cash so Brittany could do something special in honor of Mother’s Day. Dana knew her in-laws really couldn’t afford the expenditure—they put everything they could into an annuity for Niles for his care after they were gone—but they wanted her first Mother’s Day without Kenny to be a happy one.
What do You think about Nothing But Trouble (2012)?
