(Anna Smithson is moving forward after her mother's death and her boyfriend's abrupt departure. She has grown-up decisions to make.)
Aunt Catherine
called. She wanted to know what Anna was
going to do about her mother’s house. At
first, Anna was a little perturbed, but she quelled the resentment and listened
to her aunt. Anna was stubborn and she
was well aware of that fault.
“I
know. I’ve been thinking about
that. You’re right. I’ll let Melvin know that I’m going to move
to the house. There’s a lady at work and
her husband does really good work, remodeling.
I’ll have him take a look at it and maybe get the work done before I
move in. That way the place would be
clean and fresh. The bathroom needs a
makeover, don’t you think?”
“Aunt
Catherine, since when did you become a designer?” Anna asked.
Her aunt’s
laugh bubbled all the way from California to Ohio. “I get magazines, honestly that’s it. And I watch those home improvement shows on
TV all the time. Rubs off, I guess. I didn’t even realize it!”
“You might
have missed your calling in life, Catherine,” Anna said.
“And I don’t
want you to miss yours,” Catherine answered.
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