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Celeste’s mom dashes up to the booth.
“Sorry I’m late,” she says, breathless. “Oh hi, Ruthie!”
Mrs. Serrano kisses my cheek. Then she hugs her
daughter and Frankie. Celeste’s mom is as different from my
mom as two mothers can be. Celeste and her mom are
friends. When Celeste turned fourteen, her mother took her
to the gynecologist to discuss birth control. On my fourteenth
birthday, Mom asked me if I wanted to rent The
Little Mermaid again.
“This is my aunt Marty,” I say.
Mrs. Serrano puts her shopping bags on the floor and
takes Aunt Marty’s hand. “I feel like I know you. Celeste has
talked about you nonstop since you came to town.”
She has?
Without missing a beat, Aunt Marty kisses Mrs. Serrano
on both cheeks and replies, “Ruthie told me all about your
lovely Celeste.”
I did ?
“I’d like to take the girls out to dinner,” Aunt Marty
says. “Would that be all right with you?”
“Of course!”
“I promise to have Celeste home by, say, nine?”
“Perfect.”
Nine? Mom will be slumped over from a heart attack by
then.
While Frankie calls her mom for permission, Celeste
excitedly shows her mother her Victoria’s Secret haul. Mrs.
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