But not until summer's over. Now, you need to stop calling me and go talk to your father. And I assure you, Eddie does want you there." Only because h...e feels guilty," I argued. "I saw the pictures, Grandma. He showed me the pictures of him and Mom. She loved him and he left her! And he actually tried to apologize! Can you believe that? Like saying he's sorry will make it all better! It's such bullshit!"Rory Norick! Language. Honestly..." Sorry, It's such... bull," I replied, properly chastised. Laughing out. I want a rematch after dinner. Rose says can I watch? Yes, Grandma becuse I need a witness that I won. We ate dinner and it was a very delicious meal as I told Rose.The phone rang as Rose tells us it’s your mother Marco pickup. Hi mommy..then after a couple minutes talking he passed the phone to his grandmother as she started speaking Portuguese with Maria. I carried the plates to the kitchen help cleaning up the table. I watched as Rose looked at me picking up and still speaking. There were the usual facial shots but also some tastefully nude photos that managed to de-emphasize my scars, which bothered him some days. He'd talked a few times about wanting some pictures of me, so I thought he'd like them.Talon's gift to me was a gift card to a book store inside a generic Christmas card. It made me really upset, though I'd tried not to show it. It would have been one thing if I'd been talking about a whole slew of books I wanted but couldn't afford, but this felt like a. "Thank you for tonight. I'll remember it always," she said. She had one hand on the doorknob, the other at her throat. I tried to memorize how she looked in just that moment, so I could recall the vision she presented as she stood there, shy and smiling her dazzling, beautiful smile, shot through with white and silver.Back at school on the next Monday, I very quickly fell back into the routine, and only occasionally thought about calling or writing to Anna, until finally, I hardly thought about.