CHAPTER 27 Taste It Again: Cousins Episode 13

  Siting at the supper table with Cousin Helen on one side and Aunt Julie on the other side of me, with the three of us eating in the nude and mom, across the table from me fully dressed in her usual baggy clothes, which is shorts that cover half of her thighs and a sweat shirt that is two sizes too big for her, was a little bit on the odd side of things. We did make small talk though that did include mom in the conversation as we ate our supper.

  When we all finished eating supper and the kitchen was cleaned up we all went to the living room and sat down like were going to watch a movie on the television but before the television was turned on, "Mom I have some news that I"m not sure if you"re going to like or not."

  "Just spit it out then."

  "I"m not going back home with you when you decide to leave here. I"m going to stay and start looking for a job first thing in the morning."