A Cage of Butterflies
“She doesn’t get mad often, but when she does, you’d better take lessons in selfdefence! I guess I never learned to duck; I walked straight into it.
I figured she should have been happy. I mean, I was. Well, relieved, anyway. But not Michele.
She was angry.
Not punch-the-wall and kick-the-dog kind of angry; more a cold, silent rage that she carried around with her like a time-bomb. And I just happened to be the klutz who set it off.
So, scratch “bomb-disposal expert” as a career option. My mothe...r always reckoned I had a size ten foot and a size nine mouth – but that I still managed, somehow, to fit it in. Every time.
The annoying thing is, I don’t even remember what I said to set her off. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered. She was ready to blow, and I was just too dumb to keep my mouth shut. As usual.
It’s funny, the closer you get to a person, the harder it is to do what you normally do best. They see through the “public image” and all the little tricks you use. I can jolly most people along, if I want to, by stirring them a little, committing the most atrocious puns and showing them the lighter side of any situation.MoreLess
I figured she should have been happy. I mean, I was. Well, relieved, anyway. But not Michele.
She was angry.
Not punch-the-wall and kick-the-dog kind of angry; more a cold, silent rage that she carried around with her like a time-bomb. And I just happened to be the klutz who set it off.
So, scratch “bomb-disposal expert” as a career option. My mothe...r always reckoned I had a size ten foot and a size nine mouth – but that I still managed, somehow, to fit it in. Every time.
The annoying thing is, I don’t even remember what I said to set her off. Maybe it wouldn’t have mattered. She was ready to blow, and I was just too dumb to keep my mouth shut. As usual.
It’s funny, the closer you get to a person, the harder it is to do what you normally do best. They see through the “public image” and all the little tricks you use. I can jolly most people along, if I want to, by stirring them a little, committing the most atrocious puns and showing them the lighter side of any situation.MoreLess
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