Drop Dead Gorgeous by Rachel Gibson

Author:Rachel Gibson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: 2022-04-19T00:00:00+00:00

16

Thank the good Lord and baby Jesus I’m getting a new cell phone, and it’s at Marv’s suggestion, of all people. After our meeting with Dr. Barb, he shows me to an office that is so enormous, there’s room for the Resolute desk (okay, not the one in the White House, but it looks just as big and impressive), a conference table with three computers hooked to some sort of electronic hub in the middle, and a leather couch and group of chairs in front of the mahogany fireplace. The whole room has huge bookcases with sliding ladders. It smells like old books and money. If all that isn’t overwhelming enough, the chandeliers above my head are big enough to crush an elephant if they crashed to the floor.

I expect Marv to take his place behind the big desk, but we sit at the conference table instead, and he shows me how to boot up a computer and log on to the internet using a touch pad. “The world runs on technology, and it’s important for you to learn how to use the internet,” he says as he moves the cursor up toward a row of three different web browsers and overshoots them all. “These new keyboards are useless.” He slides the arrow too far down, circles back, and finally clicks the Explorer app. “I might be a bit rusty.”

Him showing me stuff I learned in grade school is painful for a lot of reasons, but I play stupid and say, “Oh,” and “Wow,” and “Gosh, look at that.” Then he pushes the keyboard in front of me, and now I have to play really stupid, like I don’t know my way around a computer or the internet. Like I don’t know how to pirate Netflix and HBO and binge-watch Stranger Things and Jane the Virgin while Momma ODs on ’80s music videos on YouTube.

I say things like, “Is that how I use this?” and “That’s amazin’.”

“I know that your mother touched on the subject of your memory loss earlier,” Marv says. “We’ve also discussed it many times in private.”

I just bet they have. We look at each other, my hands still on the keyboard.

“We had hoped the issue would resolve itself at Livingston, and our Edie would be back to us by now.” He presses his lips together, but I see no other signs of emotion. “We accept that your condition is severe and most likely permanent. You may be prone to emotional outbursts and display inappropriate coping mechanisms. You may need to relearn social boundaries and norms.”

Yeah, yeah, I was told the same things, but I’m not worried about it because I don’t have amnesia. I’m in control of my outbursts these days, but I have a feeling Marv and Claire are going to think I’m inappropriate anyway.

“Your mother will help teach you social norms. There’s no one better than Clarice, you don’t have to worry yourself about that.”

Unless it’s choosing the right pickle fork, I don’t need help.

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