No joke, Salome changed her mind sixteen times when trying to decided if she wanted to meet her birth mom. It wasn't that she was scared but there was a real thought and fear that she would just lose it in the middle of the conversation and she didn't want to lose it. Her father would get upset at Amanda and it wasn't this woman's fault that
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Richard smirks and nods. "I certainly wasn't about to relax, but I didn't have a panic attack or anything. I made sure that it was a low-traffic time of evening before I let her behind the wheel, so that helps." He concerns about the test make him laugh, though; he reaches over to pat her hand. "You'll do fine. You do fine driving me around, driving an instructor won't be any different. However, I seem to recall failing my first time, so there's that."
Reassuring, this one.
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"That's true, you did very good, no one cried. You or me, and that's always a good thing. I get very worked up sometimes, my dad has the patience of a saint."
That makes Amanda smile, truly pleased. "You got a god dad, I'm real happy that you're doing so well. That drivers test will be fine, your dad will see you through, no sweat."
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He chuckles low. The patience of a saint, indeed. He always knew when she was two and having those tantrums that she'd be a handful as a teenager. He just never realized quite how big a handful.
Yeah, bitch, she does have a good dad. Let her judge her little heart out,he's an excellent father if you ignore the details or are otherwise unaware of them. Richard squeezes Salome's wrist and attends to his own food, glancing subtly down to his watch now and then while he eats and listens, attempting to be unobtrusive as possible while the two women bond. Said saintly patience is rather poorly demonstrated in a situation such as this; but, well. This ooey-gooey long-lost-family-member bonding is making him sick ( ... )
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"This was really nice," that's from Salome, Amanda nods in agreement. "Thank you for sitting down with me," Amanda seems pleased by the meeting. It went well actually.
"If you're ever in my neck of the woods again, you should look me up." Its a sincere offer from Amanda to Salome.
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Even a card at Christmas is too much, in his opinion, but it's none of his business. He'll just have to make sure she sends it from her mother's house, he doesn't want this bitch getting her hands on his address. No goddamn way.
Richard stands after the women and stands politely behind, looking askance until they part ways; as she begins to make her way back to him, he nods toward the old woman and turns to lead the way out of the restaurant and to the elevators. As he hits the 'up' button, he glances to Salome with a mild smile.
"See, baby? I told you it'd go fine. Seems to me that went better than fine." As he steps into the elevator, his grin grows crooked. "In more ways than one, too."
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