Thursday, September 22, 2022

Spinning out, waiting for you to pull me in




 "The thing is, I don't think she's blaming you about any of this," Lynsey started to say about Poppy. "But, she didn't have anything good to say about..about her Aunt."

Lynsey couldn't look at her husband when she said it because he was the other half of this lie, now wasn't he? How could he have been a part of it for so long and gone on with it? She squinted, thinking it wasn't fair to Poppy.

"Just..just when are you going to tell her who her mother really is?" Lynsey finally got to the question. They were alone now. No company. He had a break from the local theater. Yes, she knew he didn't want to talk about it, but he had to some time.

"It was her mother's decision," Charles told her. It was as if he didn't have any say in the matter.

"But..but Poppy's older now. When did her mother expect her to know."

"Never, I suppose." He was straight-lipped. "She's..she..has her reputation."

At one time, Poppy's mother had been a professor in the drama department at the nearby University. Of course, she'd retired since then and she was a bit of a recluse aka Poppy's so-called aunt. She'd prodded Poppy along the way with her education, yet it seemed she always wanted Poppy to be on her own.

"It seems she doesn't want Poppy to be happy," Lynsey told him. "Anymore, than she wanted you to be happy."

"I just can't." Charles shook his head, no.

"Don't let her decide for you anymore. Chances are if you let this go on, Poppy will hate you too," Lynsey said. She didn't like being the barrier of bad news.

"I'm afraid, it's too late," Charles said he wished he'd told Poppy a long time ago. "I wanted to spend more time with her..but..."

Lynsey knew it wasn't work that had gotten in the way. It was someone. And that someone was Poppy's mother.

9 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing.
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  2. Well, that's an interesting development.

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  3. Oh dear. It's never good when your aunt turns out to be your mother. I'm with Lynsey; Charles should tell the Poppy the truth. Still, I know that's not easy. We shall how this one unravels.

    Happy fall, by the way. Slowly but surely, I'm getting more used to this cooler, darker weather.

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  4. Uy surgieron problemas. Te mando un beso.

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  5. Oh dear. Sometimes things go on so long it can be hard to finally tell the truth or broach a sensitive topic...

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