After Cancer I Turn into A Badass novel · Chapter 19 of 24
Chapter 19: What Daphne Wants
I made her sit at the kitchen table in Glenn's house and gave her a towel.
She held it in her lap.
Glenn stood at the stove with his back to us, making toast with great concentration, and listened to every word.
"His mother says he's too good for us," Daphne said. "She says she won't have his name tied to a family that steals from churches."
"He's not wrong, Daph."
"I know that! I know. Just fix it."
"Fix what?"
"Call her. You're the one she listens to. Tell her the cards were a mistake. Tell her Mom is sorry." She leaned across the table, mascara down both cheeks. "You always fixed things. You fixed the florist, and the taxes, and my car."
"And you let me."
"That's what you were for!"
She heard it, and flinched, and kept going anyway.
"That's what you were for, Veda. You were the one who did it. I'm the one who gets it."
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