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. Mrs.Snow? You re not the Mrs.Snow& what an honor! I can t tellyou how grateful I will always be& Nick was starting to grasp the fullextent of Tim s aunt s invention now and he loved her it.He halfexpected to see Rosa Rivera come out of the kitchen, but it was probablytoo soon for her to reappear at Arts after the wedding debacle. Grateful? For what? So many people, receiving a surprising inheritance, wouldn t havethought to turn right around and practically give it away.I m so gratefulfor everything! Where is my son? Mrs.Snow s voice grew stronger now.Hereyes widened as she ogled the liquids in each of their cocktail glasses. How long has it been since you ve seen your child, Mrs.Snow? Marcia asked. It s been since he was in high school.I don t remember& over tenyears.Maybe closer to fifteen. He must have changed a great deal in all that time, don t youthink? Marcia smiled ever-so-sweetly. Are you sure you want to seehim? Maybe it would be better to leave the past in the past.That s what Idid. Of course I want to see him! He s my son, my only child.Where ishe? In the hospital, Artie declared. Which hospital? Is he sick? I ll have that driver take me there rightaway. He s not sick, Marcia started to laugh. Besides, the hospital isn there in San Francisco.He s down at UCLA.They have some of the bestdoctors.I had my own surgery done there. Surgery? What surgery? My son is having surgery? Isn t it wonderful? Artie went on. From what we ve heard, hespent so much time in the hospital as a little boy that he s almost lookingforward to this hospital stay, especially when you consider the eventualglorious outcome. Nick s grandmother, Amanda Musgrove, said, Mine was so longago I had to go to Copenhagen, the same place Christine Jorgensen hadhers done.Nowadays, people can stay right here in the States.Look, herecome some more of the folks from Hancock Street.We have a littlesupport group that meets once a week in the afternoons.With all theconstruction going on, we re using the restaurant this time. Your Tammy did such a marvelous thing, Marcia said, providingso many people a place to live and to help each other out while goingthrough all the preparations& Tammy? Look who else is here now, Artie shouted. Mrs.Snow, I d likeyou to meet Teresa.She used to be Terrence.Come on in, Teresa.Comeover here and meet Mrs.Snow.This is Tammy s mother.Isn t she adear? You look kind of familiar, Betty Snow gave Teresa a suspiciousglare. Do I? Well, I ve been around. Teresa was curious to have anotherlook at the homeless woman she d found in the laundry room severalweeks ago. We were just telling Mrs.Snow how she ll have a new daughtersoon, Artie said. Now that Ruth is practically married and moving out, Tammy can move back into Tim s old apartment and everything willwork out just fine. My sister is married? She will be any day now. Artie couldn t help but rub it in. Didn tyou know? What a shame& Tim s mother was turning white from holding her breath. Are you alright, Mrs.Snow? Marcia asked. How about a glassof water? Scott, Artie shouted. Would you bring Mrs.Snow a glass ofwater. He gave a little smile. Unless you d like something stronger.Scotch? Gin? We have a full bar. No& I can t& Mrs.Snow looked up toward the young man who carried her waterglass and then she saw a tall black man behind him.Artie said, And thisis your sister s hairdresser, Rene. Hello. A frosty Mrs.Snow made no move to shake his hand.Rene sat down next to Amanda. How do you do, ma am. But you re not a No ma am, Rene laughed. I may be just as nellie as pink ink, butI ain t about to mess with no operations when it comes to the familyjewels.I just come by and help the girls with their hair and give themsome make-up tips, you know. And here comes Burt, Artie announced. Burt s a pre-op.Weused to know her as Birdie, but he s still a cop.The female-to-male onesuse the top floor on Hancock and the male-to-females are on the bottom.It s so sensible& not having to deal with all those stairs when you relearning to walk in heels. But the Bible says& Mrs.Snow started in, holding her Bible inher fist. Not a word about high heels, Teresa was actually wearing a dressand so much make-up that she didn t look like a real woman. I go toBible study on Tuesday nights.I know the good book backward andforward. The front door opened again and Gladys Bumps arrived. Hello,everyone.Sorry I m late.Is the bar open? Good! Nobody but Artierecognized her at first.They d never seen her in any kind of drag thatwasn t outrageous, but today she was dressed down way down, like alittle old lady Sunday school teacher. Hiya, Gladys.Get a beer from Scott and come join us, Artieyelled across the room and then spoke to Mrs.Snow in confidence. We re trying to get her to drink something more ladylike than beer, butat least she uses a glass now, instead of swilling them straight from thebottle. Betty Snow eyed the beer and started to tremble.She clutched theBible to her bosom and her whole body shook. My son must repent!You must all repent this wickedness and be saved! Homosexuality is asin! The Bible says so! Did you used to work for the DMV? Marcia asked. Yes, it s a sin, I ll grant you that, Mrs.Snow, Birdie BurtFuller piped up. The Bible says homosexuality s an abomination,alright.But don t you see? That s the beauty of it.Tammy won t behomosexual anymore.She ll be a woman and a heterosexual woman atthat.Once I get my operation, Teresa and I will be just like any otherregular old straight couple, just as righteous as you and Mr.Snow. Course, the Bible says their men back then had several wives, but onelike Teresa s about all I can handle! Birdie let out a laugh as Teresa beamed at her and then pointed atMrs.Snow s Bible. It also says in there that you can sell your childreninto slavery and that people live to be hundreds of years old and Noahrounded up two of every animal on earth in a wooden boat. They re replicating Noah s ark in Kentucky now, AmandaMusgrove said. It s as long as two football fields and they re gatheringup a heterosexual pair of every animal on earth.There are millions ofkinds of insects, you know, and the fundamentalists don t believe inevolution. Gladys set down her beer glass. So that means Noah must haverounded up a pair of every kind of bug in the world.I wish he wouldhave let the mosquitoes die out.And why would he want to save thetermites& on a wooden boat? Everyone laughed except Tim s mother.Amanda shook her head. You d think people had never heard of allegory. Betty Snow turned toward Amanda and eyed the amber liquid in herglass.Teresa leaned forward and spoke under her breath, I m not surewhat the Bible says about a mother who poisons her own poor little boyand burns his feet and then takes him to the hospital so she can shack upwith the doctor& and all behind her husband s back. Betty Snow cringed as if Teresa must be talking about someone else [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. Mrs.Snow? You re not the Mrs.Snow& what an honor! I can t tellyou how grateful I will always be& Nick was starting to grasp the fullextent of Tim s aunt s invention now and he loved her it.He halfexpected to see Rosa Rivera come out of the kitchen, but it was probablytoo soon for her to reappear at Arts after the wedding debacle. Grateful? For what? So many people, receiving a surprising inheritance, wouldn t havethought to turn right around and practically give it away.I m so gratefulfor everything! Where is my son? Mrs.Snow s voice grew stronger now.Hereyes widened as she ogled the liquids in each of their cocktail glasses. How long has it been since you ve seen your child, Mrs.Snow? Marcia asked. It s been since he was in high school.I don t remember& over tenyears.Maybe closer to fifteen. He must have changed a great deal in all that time, don t youthink? Marcia smiled ever-so-sweetly. Are you sure you want to seehim? Maybe it would be better to leave the past in the past.That s what Idid. Of course I want to see him! He s my son, my only child.Where ishe? In the hospital, Artie declared. Which hospital? Is he sick? I ll have that driver take me there rightaway. He s not sick, Marcia started to laugh. Besides, the hospital isn there in San Francisco.He s down at UCLA.They have some of the bestdoctors.I had my own surgery done there. Surgery? What surgery? My son is having surgery? Isn t it wonderful? Artie went on. From what we ve heard, hespent so much time in the hospital as a little boy that he s almost lookingforward to this hospital stay, especially when you consider the eventualglorious outcome. Nick s grandmother, Amanda Musgrove, said, Mine was so longago I had to go to Copenhagen, the same place Christine Jorgensen hadhers done.Nowadays, people can stay right here in the States.Look, herecome some more of the folks from Hancock Street.We have a littlesupport group that meets once a week in the afternoons.With all theconstruction going on, we re using the restaurant this time. Your Tammy did such a marvelous thing, Marcia said, providingso many people a place to live and to help each other out while goingthrough all the preparations& Tammy? Look who else is here now, Artie shouted. Mrs.Snow, I d likeyou to meet Teresa.She used to be Terrence.Come on in, Teresa.Comeover here and meet Mrs.Snow.This is Tammy s mother.Isn t she adear? You look kind of familiar, Betty Snow gave Teresa a suspiciousglare. Do I? Well, I ve been around. Teresa was curious to have anotherlook at the homeless woman she d found in the laundry room severalweeks ago. We were just telling Mrs.Snow how she ll have a new daughtersoon, Artie said. Now that Ruth is practically married and moving out, Tammy can move back into Tim s old apartment and everything willwork out just fine. My sister is married? She will be any day now. Artie couldn t help but rub it in. Didn tyou know? What a shame& Tim s mother was turning white from holding her breath. Are you alright, Mrs.Snow? Marcia asked. How about a glassof water? Scott, Artie shouted. Would you bring Mrs.Snow a glass ofwater. He gave a little smile. Unless you d like something stronger.Scotch? Gin? We have a full bar. No& I can t& Mrs.Snow looked up toward the young man who carried her waterglass and then she saw a tall black man behind him.Artie said, And thisis your sister s hairdresser, Rene. Hello. A frosty Mrs.Snow made no move to shake his hand.Rene sat down next to Amanda. How do you do, ma am. But you re not a No ma am, Rene laughed. I may be just as nellie as pink ink, butI ain t about to mess with no operations when it comes to the familyjewels.I just come by and help the girls with their hair and give themsome make-up tips, you know. And here comes Burt, Artie announced. Burt s a pre-op.Weused to know her as Birdie, but he s still a cop.The female-to-male onesuse the top floor on Hancock and the male-to-females are on the bottom.It s so sensible& not having to deal with all those stairs when you relearning to walk in heels. But the Bible says& Mrs.Snow started in, holding her Bible inher fist. Not a word about high heels, Teresa was actually wearing a dressand so much make-up that she didn t look like a real woman. I go toBible study on Tuesday nights.I know the good book backward andforward. The front door opened again and Gladys Bumps arrived. Hello,everyone.Sorry I m late.Is the bar open? Good! Nobody but Artierecognized her at first.They d never seen her in any kind of drag thatwasn t outrageous, but today she was dressed down way down, like alittle old lady Sunday school teacher. Hiya, Gladys.Get a beer from Scott and come join us, Artieyelled across the room and then spoke to Mrs.Snow in confidence. We re trying to get her to drink something more ladylike than beer, butat least she uses a glass now, instead of swilling them straight from thebottle. Betty Snow eyed the beer and started to tremble.She clutched theBible to her bosom and her whole body shook. My son must repent!You must all repent this wickedness and be saved! Homosexuality is asin! The Bible says so! Did you used to work for the DMV? Marcia asked. Yes, it s a sin, I ll grant you that, Mrs.Snow, Birdie BurtFuller piped up. The Bible says homosexuality s an abomination,alright.But don t you see? That s the beauty of it.Tammy won t behomosexual anymore.She ll be a woman and a heterosexual woman atthat.Once I get my operation, Teresa and I will be just like any otherregular old straight couple, just as righteous as you and Mr.Snow. Course, the Bible says their men back then had several wives, but onelike Teresa s about all I can handle! Birdie let out a laugh as Teresa beamed at her and then pointed atMrs.Snow s Bible. It also says in there that you can sell your childreninto slavery and that people live to be hundreds of years old and Noahrounded up two of every animal on earth in a wooden boat. They re replicating Noah s ark in Kentucky now, AmandaMusgrove said. It s as long as two football fields and they re gatheringup a heterosexual pair of every animal on earth.There are millions ofkinds of insects, you know, and the fundamentalists don t believe inevolution. Gladys set down her beer glass. So that means Noah must haverounded up a pair of every kind of bug in the world.I wish he wouldhave let the mosquitoes die out.And why would he want to save thetermites& on a wooden boat? Everyone laughed except Tim s mother.Amanda shook her head. You d think people had never heard of allegory. Betty Snow turned toward Amanda and eyed the amber liquid in herglass.Teresa leaned forward and spoke under her breath, I m not surewhat the Bible says about a mother who poisons her own poor little boyand burns his feet and then takes him to the hospital so she can shack upwith the doctor& and all behind her husband s back. Betty Snow cringed as if Teresa must be talking about someone else [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]