The man behind the desk stared at the paperwork while he spoke, "There is one missing. We have the son, the nephew, and three sons-in-law and that is only five - we definitely need six."
My sisters simultaneously shifted in their seats. The oldest admitted she didn't feel comfortable doing it and my other sister said she would be wearing heels. I heard myself speak up "I'll do it, I am a strong girl." The man behind the desk smiled at me and wrote down my name.
I had picked my mother up a hundred times or more over the past year and a half. She never once trusted me not to drop her which always irritated me a little. Now this was the last time I would pick her up and I was oddly nervous about it.
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My sisters simultaneously shifted in their seats. The oldest admitted she didn't feel comfortable doing it and my other sister said she would be wearing heels. I heard myself speak up "I'll do it, I am a strong girl." The man behind the desk smiled at me and wrote down my name.
I had picked my mother up a hundred times or more over the past year and a half. She never once trusted me not to drop her which always irritated me a little. Now this was the last time I would pick her up and I was oddly nervous about it.
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