away.”
“With what?” I asked.
She looked at me.
“Trying to make them want to come back.”
I didn’t understand at first.
Then I did.
Mom gave a small, embarrassed laugh.
“You got married. Suddenly there’s this whole other family. I wanted things to be easy. I wanted them to like being here. I wanted you not to have to worry that your mother and your husband’s continue reading …
