Love for Scale by Michaela Greene

Author:Michaela Greene [Greene, Michaela]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Amazon: B01A1C7JO6
Publisher: Kibitz Press
Published: 2016-02-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 25

“So, where are you going with the Feldmans tonight?” Rachel asked her mother.

They sat at the kitchen table, Rachel with a glass of water (number six for the day and counting) and Pearl, reading glasses on, head down, engrossed in her New York Times crossword.

Rachel’s mind was buzzing. It was already five-thirty and her parents had made no move to get ready to go out. Finn would be there at six and if Pearl and Harry didn’t get moving very soon, they were going to cross paths. Rachel was not prepared for that. It didn’t matter that she wasn’t going on a date; if he was a Jewish doctor come to take her to dinner and a movie, it was a date in her mother’s eyes, subject to all manner of embarrassing gushing and questions galore.

Pearl didn’t look up from her crossword. “They canceled. She got called in to do an emergency surgery. We’re staying in.”

Oh no.

“Why?” Rachel’s voice cracked. “It’s a nice night out. Why don’t you and Dad go out for dinner or something.”

Pearl dragged her glasses down her nose and looked over the rims at her daughter. “Are you trying to get rid of us for some reason, Rachel?”

“No, I just hate to see you and Dad waste a good Saturday night while you’re in the prime of your lives.” She knew she was stretching and almost cringed at her own cheesiness as the words fell out of her mouth.

Pearl dropped her pencil and took her glasses off completely. “Oy, Rachel, what’s going on? Are you saying you want us to take you out for dinner? Do you need some money? What is it, dear?”

Oh my God, what have I done? “No Ma, it’s not that. Never mind.” She’d overdone it. Now her mother was suspicious.

And of course, unwilling to drop the subject. “No, Rachel, you have to be trying to push us out for a reason. Are you planning a party here tonight?”

Seriously? A party? “No Mom, never mind.” Rachel got up from the table and tried to leave the kitchen.

“If you and Sheri were planning on having a party here, you’ll have to include your father and me,” Pearl said, her smirk widening. “That might be fun, it’s been a while since I’ve had a cosmopolitan.”

“Yeah, you’re hilarious,” Rachel said, her tone as dry as sandpaper. “Sorry to ruin your fun, but I’m getting picked up shortly to go out.”

“By whom?”

Rachel panicked, there was no way out of it. Maybe the same nonchalant approach she’d used on Sheri would work. She shrugged. “Just a new friend from my Weight Watchers group. We’re going to see that new chick flick.”

And why had Finn suggested a chick flick anyway? Probably had a thing for Scarlett Johansson; didn’t all men?

Pearl looked disappointed. “Oh, that’s nice.” She looked back down to her crossword and Rachel wanted to cheer. She’d done it. She had—albeit by omission--made Pearl think she was going out with a woman. Although she felt a

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