What My Sister Remembered (1992) - Plot & Excerpts
my mother cried, putting down the phone, “and there’s nothing in the house to eat.” I stopped chewing my cheese-and-baloney sandwich. “Beth?” I said. “Beth is coming here?” “And her mother, Mrs. Fancy Pants Lattimore,” my mother cried. “Just like her—. 'Don’t go to any trouble', she says. 'We’re at the airport, and we thought we’d just drop in for a little while. We’re going to be staying at ...' I forget—some fancy schmancy hotel in the city.” “But, Mom, how come they’re not staying with us?” My mother waved her hand impatiently, “Wait! Let me think for a minute. They’re at the airport, so it should take them at least an hour before they get their stuff, rent a car.... You’d think she could have let me known in advance, but that’s the way she is ... very mysterious ... the great lady.” “Is Beth that way too?” I asked. “Of course not,” said my mother bitterly. “It’s her mother. And you can be sure she’ll expect lunch. You can be sure of that.
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