Her Daughter’s Lover
"I'm serious, I'm going in there and telling that slime something. Who does he think he is?"
"You haven't lost a hair," I was able to get out on a weak smile. "But wait-'when you get back'? What's that all about?"
She did a little tiny laugh: so sweet, so matronly, so homey a sound. "Surprise. I am coming home, Mom. For good."
For a moment, in that moment, I couldn't be sure I'd heard her right: "You're going back?"
"Yeah," she replied, the gravelly enthusiasm causing her voice to sound husky. "Ryan and I talked it over. He's playing for one of the minor leagues here, and I thought it would be a nice idea to be close to you. So, yeah, we're coming back."
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