My parents told everyone I was a waitress, for nin…

I came straight from work, Mom. Take it off. The Hendersons are coming, and I do not want them to think.

She stopped, but the sentence finished itself in the silence between us. You do not want them to think your daughter works with her hands. Nadine was arranging flowers on the dining table.

She laughed. Mom, relax. It is just an apron.

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