May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes

Author:A.M. Homes [Homes, A. M.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2012-09-27T00:00:00+00:00

Nate and Ash come out of the Courthouse, and we head for a demonstration of ice-cream making in the colonial kitchen and then to lunch. I keep waiting for something more to happen—but nothing does—and we carry on.

In the late afternoon, the pet minder calls to ask, “Did you see the cat before you left?”

It feels like a trick question. “Is she missing?”

“She had kittens,” the pet minder says. “Six survived; one didn’t make it, and I buried it under the rosebushes out back.”

“I didn’t know she was pregnant; she never mentioned it.”

“I’m thinking I should take them all in for a checkup.”

“Yes,” I say. “That makes sense. And Tessie?”

“Out of her element,” the minder says. “Oh, and she had them in the master bedroom; I threw the bedding out, hope that was okay?”

“Fine, all fine.”

“I’ll let you know if there’s more news,” he says, and hangs up.

I must look surprised, because the children all ask, “What?”

“Tessie had kittens,” I say, and they look more confused.

“Tessie is a dog,” Ashley says.

“You’re right,” I say.

And then in the morning, as though everyone but me got the memo, the kids show up to breakfast dressed normally and Nate announces we’re going to Busch Gardens. I’m the last to know.

Busch Gardens is not your “average” amusement park—it’s like a fiberglass steroid extravaganza with a European theme: rides with German names—Der Autobahn, Der Katapult, Der Wirbelwind.

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