All the Right Mistakes by Laura Jamison

Author:Laura Jamison
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: She Writes Press
Published: 2020-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

MARTHA

“Mom, Heather didn’t write anything about my life that isn’t true, and that everyone didn’t already know for that matter. Honestly, who cares?” said Martha with exasperation. Of course, Martha cared mightily, but she wasn’t going to give her mother the satisfaction of knowing that she was, in fact, very upset about Heather’s book.

“Well, Bunny saw it on the Facebook, and she has been telling everyone at the club. It’s very embarrassing. I really think you should rethink filing suit. In my day, no one would have ever dared to do that to an Adams. If you had made different friends in college, this all might have been avoided, you know.”

Here we go again, thought Martha, rolling her eyes and vowing not to snap at her mother.

“Mom, I like the friends I have. If I wanted to mingle with your crowd, I would have stayed in Boston. I left town to do things my own way.”

“You always did like to bring home pathetic stray animals and try to save them. Look, darling, all I’m trying to say is that your friends aren’t like us. And they obviously think nothing of airing dirty laundry in public. Even my worst enemies wouldn’t behave like that. There are just some things that are simply unacceptable in polite society.”

“Mom, I’m sorry if this is embarrassing,” Martha snapped. She took a deep breath and continued in a kinder tone. “Really, compared to what happened with Lucy, it’s inconsequential, isn’t it?”

“We don’t need to discuss Lucy. It’s in the past.”

Of course, thought Martha. Let’s not talk about any of our pain and disappointment. That’s always been so effective. She considered arguing the point with her mom, but instead she said, “Okay, Mom. Tell Dad I said hello.” And with that, she hung up and started to get ready to go out and meet her girlfriends for a drink.

She still couldn’t believe that Sara hadn’t understood how horrible it was that Heather had missed Lucy’s funeral. She was glad she had been able to make her point before they all got together tonight. Otherwise, Sara would have found herself the odd man out.

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