.m...mom," Jennifer stuttered out. "You...you said it was okay to call you that." Not when you're arguing with me about what's right?" Mrs. Anderson s...hot back. "If you want to be Jennifer, then you're going to act like her. This was my daughter, and you have a long way to go to be like her!" I'm...I'm sorry," Jennifer started to cry, confused by her mothers sudden anger. "I...I didn't mean...mean to upset you." What, 'NO MOM' this time?" she yelled. "You disrespect me by acting this way. The. Whatever it was, I knew I wanted to go through with it. I called Pete.Pete:This time we met at my house, in the evening. She was just going to park in the driveway and come in but I persuaded her to act like she was visiting on some kind of business. I do have neighbors and they do talk. So she wore nice slacks a blouse and carried an old worn satchel.Once inside she dropped the case and gave me a hug and peck on the cheek. It felt nice, because it seemed she meant it.I fetched cold drinks and. " I saw her today. She seems nice," Claire defended Deirdre."She's like a total loon! She's afraid of guys, can you imagine? And at night, she'll like start whimpering, even screaming sometimes. Erin says she's gonna complain."A great big lightbulb went off in Claire's head. "Say, Marge, wouldn't it be cool for you and Erin to be roomies? I mean, I seem to get along with Deirdre but we both don't seem to click with you or Erin. We could swap roomies. Think of the fun you could have with. Hard to imagine a powerful name for a girl. Victoria, perhaps. She doesn’t have what I’d call a powerful name in real life so I guess she would have made Tina seem powerful. Fallon is cute and unique and I kind of like it. It suits me. LuAnn or better, Lulu is perfect and we’ve all started calling her Lulu and she loves it which probably shouldn’t be surprising to the reader. It’s hilarious, so thanks for that. Jadok Nelson and Artie both fit remarkably well. Oh, and Daniel January does not..
Read More