Tiny Imperfections by Alli Frank & Asha Youmans

Author:Alli Frank & Asha Youmans
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2020-05-04T16:00:00+00:00

STRESS SEASON

FIFTEEN

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and I still haven’t mentioned anything about the anniversary party to Aunt Viv. This is my silent protest against The Man or, really, Nan.

If I’m truly laying it all out there, I was hopeful Nan’s recent rant against me had forced her to reconsider if she wanted to celebrate any Bordelon at all. Or at least not spend Fairchild money on an event Aunt Viv would detest: two hundred people stuffed in gowns and tuxes crowded in Fairchild’s grand black-and-white foyer to celebrate her famous third Friday of the month macaroni and cheese. For weeks after Nan suggested the party I had night terrors that she would insist there be a receiving line for people to offer Aunt Viv their congratulations and for Nan to receive accolades for dreaming up such a glorious celebration. Nan loves any formality that reeks of royalty and power. If I can make it to the New Year without Nan asking if I shared the news of the party with Aunt Viv, perhaps we will all be off the hook.

“Come on, Aunt Viv. If you take much longer you won’t officially be the first person seated for this year’s Nutcracker. Do you really want to ruin your ten-year early bird record?” I yell down the hall. Etta’s final year attending the San Francisco Ballet School and she’s been selected to dance the part of the Sugar Plum Fairy. She burst into tears when she found out in early November and it gave me a tinge of warm fuzzy that Jean Georges could put aside our differences and grant Etta this iconic solo for her final season. I send myself a reminder e-mail from my phone to put Jean Georges on the list of people in Etta’s life to receive a senior picture and a graduation announcement. Though he’s one of my least favorite people, Etta would not be the person she is without him. E-mail sent, but still no Aunt Viv. I scroll through my Fairchild account pretty sure I won’t have any new e-mail on a Sunday afternoon, but thinking I can use these few minutes of quiet to clean out my in-box while Aunt Viv finishes getting ready.

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