Shabbos was amazing, but why in the world is Ta taking the new manager’s side over his own son’s??
Dini sat down at the kitchen table with her coffee and rubbed her eyes. Funny how the effects of an entire relaxing Shabbos can be completely erased by Sunday morning. Chaviva had stomped off to school in a rage because every single sweater that looked normal on her was in the laundry. And Shuki, who’d really seemed to unwind over Shabbos — he’d even met some old friends and organized an impromptu oneg in the hotel lobby — had muttered, “Off to get my root canal,” as he waved goodbye this morning.
Dini took a sip and opened her laptop.
How was Shabbos??
She frowned at her mother-in-law’s WhatsApp and the winking emoji next to it. As if the whole Shabbos had been an arranged joke between them.
Her fingers hovered over her keyboard as she contemplated all the things she’d love to write back.
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