It does help to explain a lot.” She shook her head and said, “What that family must think of us,” and got back to cleaning the griddle.
All the more reason to have them over for dinner, if you ask me.
I whispered, “You’re sworn to secrecy on this whole egg thing, right?
I mean, Juli told Granddad, so he knows, but I don’t want this to spread to, you know, Dad.”
She studied me a minute, then said, “Tell me you’ve learned your lesson, honey.”
“I have, Mom.” “Okay, then.” I let out a big sigh of relief. “Thanks.”
“Oh, and Bryce?” “Yeah?” “I’m very glad you told me about it.”
She kissed me on the cheek, then smiled and said, “Now, didn’t I hear you promise you’d mow the lawn today?”
“Right,” I said, and headed outside to trim the turf.
That evening my mother announced that the Bakers would be over Friday night at six o’clock;
that the menu included poached salmon, crab risotto, and fresh steamed vegetables; and that none of us had better weasel out of being there.
My dad muttered that if we were really going to do this, it would be a whole lot better to barbecue
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