"Ok. I'll surprise you."

"Sons don't surprise their mothers. We see right through our sons." She held my arm and I walked us to the car. I closed her door after she was in and ran to my side. I was very careful backing out "because there are crazy drivers that use this street like it was a racetrack."

Ma told me all the neighborhood gossip. Mrs. Goldman had to have surgery for a gall stone. Ma was surprised she didn't bring it home from the hospital and put it on the mantle. Mr. Levine hired ...