"Tell her no! Be natural like you would be before Chaya came home"
R
ikki unwrapped her sandwich. “It was like a scene from Helen Keller. What a mess Chaya made.”
Ruchie laughed. “Maybe you’d better hire Anne Sullivan to teach her.”
“Ruchie Friedman! This is serious.”
“I’m sorry.” Ruchie covered her smile with her hand. “That was so mean of me, but I’m picturing yogurt dripping from the ceiling, and your poor mother’s ruined sheitel.”
“I know, but my mother is amazing. I don’t know how she has such patience. I was ready to scream. I think I even did.”
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