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Cornucopia ~ Chapter 7 ~ Thanksgiving Wednesday (Part Three and Four of Four)
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Wednesday, September 26, 2008 ~Afternoon
“Mama, the phone!” Angelica demanded.
Bette had been ignoring the ringing cellphone while she focused on the car that was switching in and out of traffic lanes. Confident that the risk had passed, she reached doe the switch for the car’s speakerphone, “It’s Mama T.”
“Mama T!” Angelica yelled from the back seat.
“Hello, Boo. Are you helping Mama N with the shopping?”
Angelica nodded at the phone, “We’ve gone to lots of stores. We don’t have room for any more.”
“Bette, did you get everything/”
“Yes, T. I made a list of your lists. We’re just heading home.”
“Mama B yelled at a man.”
Bette glanced at Angelica in the rear view mirror, cursing herself for putting the call on speaker, “I didn’t yell, T. He was trying to give us a turkey smaller than you ordered. I explained how that was unacceptable.”
“Mama, there were lots of people on line. They made funny faces at Mama B.”
“T, it wasn’t that bad. It didn’t take very long.”
Tina made a quick decision. With Angelica in the car to hear the reaction, she wouldn’t mention that she had changed the order to a smaller turkey and had forgotten to tell Bette. She silently apologized to the poor butcher and wished him a Happy Thanksgiving.
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Wednesday, November 23, 1988
Alice had decided that she needed a peace offering for her mother, even though what happened was only an accident. A ginormous flower arrangement would have worked, but the florists were closed. She would never be able to convince a liquor store clerk that she was 21 so champagne was not an option. Every other store would be closed. As she walked, she finally had an idea. She would give serve Lenore her favorite breakfast. She would just have to hide until them.
Alice called her second step-father from a pay phone. To her surprise, he took her call and told her what she needed to buy and where to find it.
She ducked into a movie to kill some time before she shopped. She didn’t want to be carrying grocery bags for hours until it was safe to sneak back home.
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I will say again, you do families very well. I thank you for having Jenny confused by a spud, it’s so apt. A wonderful story Spumoni, and particularly nostalgic for me. I haven’t been able to return to NYC since I left over 3 years ago, and I’d lived there for over 20 years, 10 of the just a few doors east of Serendipty. My brother had had the apartment for years before me, so perhaps I wandered by and didn’t make note of Jenny or Dana. My brother had watched several friends go through what Russ was dealing with. An admirable work all together. I look forward to your next effort as I continue catch up on your older stories that I missed.
Loved the flashbacks,and how in later years they all became friends. thanks for the story Now how about a Christmas one
Good job IceCream I can’t wait for part 4. This is just like a reminder of the last holiday and a gear up for the next. Perfect timing because we have time to enjoy it better than in the middle of a holiday rush. Thank you, Md
“Fuck, Porter, Tina’s the top!” LMAO!! Still claiming this would be first place on my holiday ‘must see’ list if you could bring it to life on the big (or little) screen!!! You have seemlessly woven their lives together… awesome!!!
absolutely loved it…past and present…what a great story
Thank you thank you for a beautiful story and a lovely depiction of my old neighborhood on the upper west side. It was awesome seeing our beloved characters in some of my old haunts, and the convergence is just so…so heartwarming, thank you.