I said: yes.
She said: and she still didn’t come.
I said: yes.
Megan leaned against the wall beside me.
She said: what are you going to do with that.
I said: I’m going to call her.
She said: when.
I said: not tonight.
She said: okay.
I said: but soon.
She said: what are you going to say.
I said: I’m going to tell her the house is still here.
Megan looked at me.
I said: I’m going to say: Mom, the house is still here. Come and see it. Not for the program. Not to make up for Christmas. Just because you’re my mother and I built something that sounds like me and you should see it.
I said: and then I’m going to wait and see what she does with that.
Megan said: and if she says Brooke needs something.
I said: then I’ll say: all right. Come when you can.
