MY FAMILY CAME TO TAKE OVER MY BEACH HOUSE WHILE I RECOVERED FROM SURGERY—THEY NEVER EXPECTED WHAT I LEFT WAITING AT THE GATE
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Chapter 17 - Mom's Birthday Request
For Mom's sixty-seventh birthday, she called.
"I was thinking about the beach."
I smiled.
"Okay."
"Could we maybe have lunch at your place?"
She paused.
"If you're comfortable with it."
I almost laughed.
Two years earlier, she'd announced eleven guests and a five-day stay.
Now she was asking about lunch.
"Yes," I said.
"Really?"
"Really."
"Should I invite Patricia?"
"Ask me first."
Mom chuckled.
"Right."
There was no tension in it.
No resentment.
She was learning.
May you like
So was I.
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