CHAPTER FOURMother sounded nervous and Lindsey apologized for leaving the house without telling her, but all in all she handled it pretty well. No hysterics, no confusion, no allusions to Lindsey’s long-dead father as if he were alive and expected home at any moment.
Lindsey explained that he’d been called out of Walnut Creek by a work emergency and he’d be home in a few hours.
Mother had dressed and breakfasted and was waiting for Mrs. Hernández to come and take her shopping. She was so happy that her son was home from Colorado, she wanted to make a big dinner just for him.
Lindsey told her that he’d promised to have dinner with Marvia Plum in Berkeley.
Mother said, “Oh, that nice colored girl. Well, she can come and eat at our house. She can sit right at the table with us.”
Lindsey
