Amalia's Story, Chapter Fifty-One
= Amalia Angeloni Jacobucci
1000 Characters About My Mother #4:
"I have to warn you, I'm in one of my moods!"

"Okay."

"But I want to stay on topic."

"Allright."

"So, where were we?"

"I believe we were discussing your mother's reaction to your father walking out."

"Right . . . She basically completely lost it."

"Which was weird."

"Yes, because I'm pretty sure she hated him . . . Because all she ever talked about was how much she hated him."

"Why? What about him did she hate?"

"Actually, that's a good question."

Presently . . .

"Well, I know they didn't sleep together. She used to sleep in the living room."

"She -- "

"She didn't -- "

"She didn't what?"

"She didn't do stuff like that . . . . Like mushy stuff."

"Oh."

"She used to compare 'it' to vomiting."

"Compare what to vomiting?"

"You know . . . "

"You mean -- ?"

"Yes! Okay?"

"She . . . "

"She used to say, Oh, why would I ever want to look at ***?"

"Wait, what?!"

"She would be like, To me, that would be like watching someone vomiting."

"A good place to stop, no?"

= Louis Jacobucci
"A cash account"
Food Sale Aug. 25 To Benefit MSPCC
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