Chapter 10: Didi’s Story“I feel safe telling you this in the dark. You won’t see my face. I got tangled up with a co-worker. Correction: more than a co-worker, the VP I worked for, Holden Lathan. More correction: the married VP I worked for.
“I lived in Aughe and stayed in Aughe after Mom died to keep tabs on Dad. Having a wife had made him helpless in many ways. He couldn’t even master doing laundry. Poor Mom used to wash The Friendly’s tablecloths every damn night. She’d have them folded up, sometimes still damp from the dryer, every damn morning. I think he believed I’d pick up where she left off. Going forward, I informed him, they would be sent out professionally. It was a deductible expense. That was probably my first business decision of many about the restaurant.
“I am smart. I a
