I shouldn’t have been so confident. My mother outdid herself. The second we walked in the door she sized Brady up and decided he was another project. One she wasn’t willing to take on herself and wasn’t possible for her daughter.
Thankfully Brady didn’t seem phased by it at all. He laid on the charm for my mom anyway, not that she noticed. “Mrs. Reed, you have a beautiful home. It’s clear you have impeccable taste.”
“Yes, well, my husband has worked very hard for everything we have. He’s a police officer for the city of Buffalo,” Mom said proudly.
“That’s impressive,” Brady said as though he didn’t know. He took me to lunch and I spent the last three hours briefing him on every detail of my family so he’d know what to say and what topics to skip. Not to mention who everyone was and how
