Amalia's Story, Chapter Fifty-Four
= Amalia Angeloni Jacobucci
1000 Characters About My Mother #7:
"So."

"My mother's life story."

"Totally normal."

"That is correct."

"I mean, things did happen."

"Yes, they did."

"And they were all totally normal, random things that just happened. All by themselves, for no reason."

"Yes."

"Excellent!"

Presently . . .

"So, where were we?"

"We were talking about how totally normal it was, to talk about **."

"Can you tell me a little more about that?"

"What's to tell? It was just super-normal. Pornos were everywhere . . . Like there was one time -- "

"Get it right -- "

"It was on a July 4th weekend, a couple of family friends presented my father with birthday gift."

"Oh, that's nice. What was it?"

"A gift-wrapped copy of Penthouse magazine."

" . . . Which - "

"Which was totally normal."

"Very good."

"It was just like this random thing that just sort of happened. All by itself. For no reason. No reason at all."

"It never happened. You're deluded. You lie."

"Yes. And in any case, it's time to forget the past and move on."

= Louis ...