Aloha, Candy Hearts by Anthony Bidulka

Author:Anthony Bidulka [Bidulka, Anthony]
Language: deu
Format: epub
Published: 2011-03-18T12:58:48+00:00

Aloha, Candy Hearts

ering at the navel ring prominently displayed by our well-tanned and toned server. It was a veeerrrry long lunch.

Mom is short, stocky, sixty-seven, and speaks with a heavy Ukrainian accent, replete with rolling r ’s and wailing oi’s. She sports a tightly permed head of dark hair with occasional sprigs of white, horn-rimmed spectacles, a kindly face that bears a scowl just as well, and can most often be found wearing a dress, thick nylons, and black shoes with low, clunky heels (even when she’s gardening).

When I’d called from the car and told her I was coming for a visit, she told me she’d have supper ready. Big surprise there.

What she didn’t tell me was that I wasn’t the only visitor she’d be feeding that evening.

The first clue that something unusual was afoot was the rental car parked against Mom’s house. The driver had pulled right up on the lawn and had knocked over a planter of pink geraniums without bothering to set it right. The trunk was left open, as if the car ’s occupant couldn’t be bothered to slam it shut after retrieving whatever it was they’d wanted. I parked on the spit of gravel meant for the purpose and got my bag out of my own trunk. I strolled up to the car and took a casual gander inside. The back seat looked as if a family of beavers had moved in several months earlier. On the front seat and the floor were strewn a collection of candy bar wrappers (Oh Henry! and Eat-More), two full bottles of water, an empty cardboard coffee cup, a selection of pill bottles, and half a mickey of brandy.

Ahh. Now I knew.

My sister had landed.

I have two siblings. A younger brother, Bill, and a much older sister, Joanne. Bill is the most respectable, organized, prepared, controlled, solid kind of guy I’ve ever met. He’d had his entire life planned out in his head before he was twelve. He knew what he wanted to do for a living—be an accountant—where he wanted to live—Winnipeg, a province over—who he wanted to marry—a beautiful blonde with few career aspirations—and how many kids they’d have—four. He envisioned the salary he’d make, the suits he’d wear, the cars he’d drive, the house he’d live in, the vacations DD6AA2AB8

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