My father said, “Oh, that’s ridiculous,” but my mother gasped, “What?”
Then she cried, “Did Patsy say that?” I looked down. “No, Bryce did.”
“But it must’ve been a family discussion! A boy doesn’t come up with that on his own…!”
My mother looked for all the world like a doe waiting to be shot through the heart.
She covered her face with her hands and said, “I can’t go on like this! Robert, things have got to change. They’ve just got to!”
“Trina, you know I’m doing the best I can. I’m sorry about the yard, I’m sorry about the situation.
This isn’t the picture I had for my life, either, but sometimes you have to sacrifice for what’s right.”
My mother looked up from her hands and said, “This is not right for our family.
Your daughter is suffering because we won’t fix up our own yard.”
“It’s not our yard.” “How can you say that? Robert, wake up!
We have lived here for twelve years. It’s not temporary anymore!
If we ever want to have a decent place with our own yard, if we’re going to help the kids through college
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