Funny Shades of Grey--chapter twenty-four
Chapter Twenty-Four "But really, mom, there's a room right behind this wall," I tell my mother as I huff and puff and fail to move the false wall that Crockett so easily opened. "Try saying 'open sesame,'" she offers helpfully. "Or 'open, sez ME! '" "Oh, mother," I say, getting frustrated. "The wall slides right open, I just need to find the switch or the handle or whatever." "Sure, you do, honey," she answers, sympathetically. "Sure, you do." I finally give up and crumple sadly to the floor. "I should have paid more attention," I say, more to myself than to my mother. "In school?" my mother asks. "Or just life in general?" She pauses, and then her mothering instinct must kick in, because she tells me, "Ana, your boyfriend, if he really does exist, seems like a nice guy for someone I never met. He is a nice guy, isn't he? He did...