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Оглавление“Charlie, did you know that Grammie was engaged to someone before she met Grandpa?” I asked my sister, hours later as I sat on the bed in my temporary quarters, tracing the outlines of the roses on the cream-colored comforter.
The silence on the other end of the line gave me all the answer I needed.
“Did I lose you?” I said.
“I’m here,” she replied. “I’m just processing, is all. It’s…a surprise.”
“Isn’t it? I almost choked to death on my soup when Grandpa told me.”
“I guess it kind of makes sense, though. I’m sure there’s a lot of stuff that happened when Grammie and Grandpa were young that we’ve never heard about. It’s probably just not something they even think anyone wants to know.” She paused. “You know how that generation can be. I don’t mean to generalize, but a lot of older people just aren’t big on information unless you ask them specific questions. It’s part of their past, and they just don’t think it’s anybody’s business.”
“But we’re not just anybody, we’re family. And this is stuff we should know,” I argued.
“I agree with you, Dellie; that’s not what I’m saying. I’m just trying to come up with a reason that we don’t know this already.”
“I wonder if Mama knows. Grandpa said she doesn’t, but maybe she does and she’s kept it a secret,” I said.
