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passing. Some of her closer friends had fried on a

number of occasions to get her to do theater trips or

shopping trips with them. She always found some

excuse not to go, and finally, they stopped calling

altogether. In fact, it was rare to hear our phone ring at

all these days. When it did, it was often Uncle

Palaver. If he called when I wasn't there. Mama did a

good job of covering up her depression and loss of

interest in everything. But if I answered the phone. I

told him the truth, first in hopes that he would come

visit, and second because I was really getting

frightened for her.

He did plan on a trip to visit, but another cruise

ship offered him an opportunity that he said would

result in his and Destiny's most lucrative payday. He

promised he would look into visiting us as soon as he

was ashore again. He knew we were going to see

Brenda's big game, and Mama had made it sound very

exciting, so he was optimistic things would begin to

change and work out for the best.

Did he really feel that they would, or was he

saying it just so he would feel better himself? When

people say. "Everything will be all right," are they

really saying, "Stop bothering me?" Maybe Daddy

was right about Uncle Palaver after all. I thought. Maybe he lived in his own world of illusion,

saw everything through rose-colored glasses, and

never really grew up.

"That wasn't it," Mama had insisted when

Daddy said these things about Uncle Palaver. "This is

just the life he has chosen for himself. It isn't that he is


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