ily
梕verything feels like a shamand also sad and true.
All these meaningless gesturesold misunderstandingsand painful secretswhy do we keep them
up? I feel as if I were suffocatingand want to run away. A hand taps my shoulder. It's Auntie
Helen.
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Not too tired?
she whispers.
I shake my head.
Then come help me cut the cake. Otherwise I have to pay the restaurant extra.
And of courseI
wonder what secret she's about to confess now.
In the kitchenAuntie Helen cuts a white sheet cake into little squares and puts each piece on a
paper plate. She licks whipped cream off her fingersstuffs a falling strawberry back into its
spongy center.
Best cake in San Francisco she says. Mary got it from Sun Chee Bakery on Clement. You
know the
place?
I shake my head and keep adding a plastic fork to
each plate.
Maybe you know something elsethen she says sternly. About my own sickness?
She stops
cuttingand looks at mewaiting for me to answer. I am surprised by her sudden change in tone
because I honestly don't know what she's talking about.
Doesn't matter she answers tartly [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and goes back to cutting more cake. I already know.
And standing in the kitchen like thatshe tells me how she had
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