How Lucky: A Novel by Will Leitch
Author:Will Leitch [Leitch, Will]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780063073098
Google: q372DwAAQBAJ
Amazon: 0063073099
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2021-05-10T23:00:00+00:00
28.
Yes, yes, I can get him on the FaceTime. Hang on one moment, Angela.â
Weâre back home, and Iâm tired, and everybodyâs tired, and man, what a day, but once she heard about all that went down today, I can hardly blame Mom wanting to check in.
It occurs to me that I have no idea where my mother is right now. When I talk to Mom, I sit in my chair and look at the computer screen so she can see me through FaceTime and then talk with her through Gchat. I donât entirely understand why this is satisfying for her, considering all sheâs watching me do is move my joystick in response to whatever she is saying, but I guess she likes to see me, crammed into my chair and all dolled up in my pajamas like a six-year-old. (I hate these pajamas.) Plus, itâs an hour earlier in Illinois, so maybe sheâs not as drained as the rest of us.
Sheâs not at her house now, anyway. I feel like I see a pool behind her. A beach? Thereâs a shadowy figure moving in and out of the background, a male figure, some sort of droning noise, maybe drying his hair or something, I canât really tell. Who is that guy? Where is she?
âYou look awful.â
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Thank you. Thatâs very nice, Mom.
âMarjani told me about all of it. Donât blame her for what happened. That used to happen to me too. I know it should be easy to remember that tank, but it just isnât. I tried to keep it in the chair all the time so I didnât have to think about it.â
( . . . )
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I do not blame her. Where are you?
âIâm in Jamaica! Iâm at a resort here with a . . . friend of mine. From work! School hasnât gotten back from break yet, so I wanted to sneak in one last trip before all the students return.â
I am curious who that âfriend from workâ in the background is, but again, it has been a long day. She can tell me later if she wants to.
( . . . )
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I hope you are having a good day. I am very tired, Mom.
âI understand, I understand! I just wanted to check in on you. It has been a while since you had one of those.â
She looks worried, but unflustered. Iâm sure Marjani minimized the seriousness of what happened, and itâs not like she can really tell much over FaceTime anyway. She seems . . . light and silly. I am happy for her. And I am not going to break her reverie.
She begins to giggle at something she sees just off-screen, and now I am no longer curious and do not want to know any more. âStop, stop!â she says to whoever, some hulking dude probably dripping with coconut oil, in a Speedo, balancing some sort of fruit on his genitals, who knows, good for her, I guess.
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