CHAPTER 15
Patricia is cleaning the dishes after lunch, which is always a fun little skirmish. It usually involves me offering to help and her refusing three or four times, each of us on our best behavior. The ritual inevitably ends with her complaining about how she’s the only one who does any work around the house. Of course, in true Patricia style, she never actually complains, and she manages her not-complaining in such a polite, gracious manner that if you get mad at her or annoyed, you’re the wicked witch instead of her.
“It will be nice for Tiffany when your daughter gets big enough to help out around the kitchen.” She’s not really talking to me, but she’s not talking directly to Jake either, so neither of us respond. Unfortunately, Patricia doesn’t take easily to being ignored. “
