Chapter 10
Darren’s parents invited us to have Thanksgiving dinner with them, so we went there for the holiday. My younger sister Catherine had also invited us to her home in Highland Park, but she’d forewarned me that our parents would be there, too, so Darren and I passed on that invitation and went to his parents’ house instead. I’d only had a few brief telephone conversations with my mother since that disastrous day she and my father showed up at the condo and the thought of having to sit through a long, uncomfortable Thanksgiving dinner with her and my father made my stomach turn. Plus, I hated the idea of subjecting Darren to that. His parents, while certainly not perfect, hell, they still hadn’t been to our condo, were at least welcoming of our relationship in a way that I knew my
