My Other Mother Page #2

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No, I would have remembered

something like that.

I was eight years old

when my parents... the Meyers...

Told me.

Do you know what it was like to

be eight years old,

and find out that your family doesn't

really belong to you?

I can't imagine that, no.

Well, I suddenly felt like,

I don't know, a hamster that you

bring home from the pet store.

You know, you're part of the family,

but you're not really

part of the family.

They love you, Candy.

I mean, you and i both know that.

Yes, i know that, Louis,

but that doesn't change

how I feel.

You know, and when that reporter

today stated so graciously

that I didn't have a family of my

own, I just started thinking,

you know, if I do end up having

children of my own,

what am I gonna tell them?

I don't know anything.

I don't know about their

grandparents, I don't know about

their ancestry, their history,

my medical background.

I know nothing.

- Your grandparents are your

folks, Evelyn and Errol Meyers.

- Yeah, Louis.

And when my imaginary kids turn

eight years old, I'll just tell

them that that was a lie, too.

Never mind.

I'll be back.

Three red onions, as requested.

Oh, great!

Perfect.

You need me to chop 'em up?

- No, but can you shred that

gouda for me, please?

- Why not?

You want me to milk the cow,

too, while I'm at it?

Let me wash my hands.

I figured you'd be done with

this already.

Yeah, well, my family shows

up for the first time ever on time,

and I'm nowhere near done.

Yeah, i see.

Wow!

What a treat!

Louis, it's so good to see you.

- Hi, Gladys.

How are you?

- Excellent.

And yourself?

- Blessed as ever.

Came to see if my eldest needed

any help?

No, thank you, mom.

I've got it.

Mm-Hmm. I see.

I guess you do... with Louis

here.

Isn't this your day off?

Don't you need a break from my

daughter's running you around

you around everywhere?

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Correction, he's the one who's

always running me around...

book tours and interviews and

assignments.

- I'm just dropping by to make

sure everything's Ok.

- Mmm.

Checking in, huh?

Off the clock?

Mom.

- For no money.

Mom!

- Are you sweet on my Candy,

Louis?

- Mom!

Stop!

You're always reading into stuff!

Louis and i have a perfectly

wonderful working relationship.

He is my business manager,

that is it.

- Well, something's going on.

I mean, Robbie never checked in

on his day off.

That's because Robbie was an

idiot, which is why i fired him.

Don't say that.

He's family.

Not my family.

- Come again?

Nothing.

- Louis, since you're here,

why don't you stay for lunch

and join us?

Sure.

- No, no, no, mom!

I have something really

important i need to discuss.

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