“Great supper as usual, Martha,” Ed Connor said to his wife as he got up from the table. “Thanks, Ed,” she replied while offering her cheek for a quick buss from her husband of twenty two years. Martha smiled while taking a drink of her after dinner coffee before commenting to her eighteen year old daughter, Becky, “Your dad sure loves fried chicken!” “Yeah, he does,” she replied absentmindedly while poking at her uneaten mashed potatoes and gravy. “What’s the matter, child?” Martha asked softly while patting Becky gently on the arm. “Oh, it’s nothing,” the pretty dark haired senior replied. “I know you like a book, honey.” Martha replied softly. “Now come on, give, what’s up?” Becky sat silently for a moment before taking a deep breath and replying, “Well, something happened at school today.” “You’re not in any trouble are you?” Martha quickly asked. “No, nothing like that,” Becky answered softly. “It’s just, well, I don’t quite know how to put it!” “We’ve never kept any secrets from one another have we?” her mother asked. “No, we haven’t,” Becky replied. “But it’s just so embarrassing!” Martha chuckled softly and replied, “Don’t worry honey, I’ve been there, so believe me, nothing you can say will shock me!” For the first time since they began talking Becky looked her mother in the eye and replied, “Of course you’re right, mom, so here goes nothing.”
Martha leaned back in her chair and folded her arms over her chest and waited patiently for her daughter to collect her thoughts. “Um, you know that I have the biggest chest of any of the girls in my school?” Becky asked quietly. “I didn’t know that you were the biggest,” Martha replied, “but I guess I knew that you were one of the biggest.” “Well today after last period history Mz. Saxon asked me to stay after for a few minutes,” the young woman explained. “I was surprised because after the last person had left the room she went over and locked the door.” Nervously the young woman took a drink of her wa... อ่านทั้งเรื่อง
