“As you should,” he said and added,“and as you always have.” “Right, Dad.” “And as you always will.” “Yes, Daddy, as I always will, unless I want to go to college with America Online and wind up on welfare.” “That’s my Beth! No member of the Hayes family ever accepted public assistance. Do your homework every day like a good girl.” Tom breathed a clandestine sigh of relief and the sides of my mouth turned up.This was rich. In a mere six months, Beth had gracefully transformed herself from little girl to young woman. S u l l i v a n ’ s I s l a n d 167 He had missed it all. I had hoped reward would taste sweeter than it did. I felt sorry for Tom for what he had lost. “It’s like this all the time,” I said to him. “Like what, Mom? What does that mean?” Uh-oh. I had mistakenly pressed the wrong button. I had forgotten not to refer to her in a way that required clairvoyance for her full participation. “Beth, my angel of perfection, each day you surprise me with how truly wonderful you are.
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