“Shh! Not so loud. Oy, Nomes, you poor thing, you walked right into the chaos”
MA’Snot talking about the Great Cellphone Crime of 2023. Not to me, not to my siblings, not even to Tatty. I know, because I mentioned something and he looked genuinely shocked. “You were the cell phone bandit?” were his exact words.
Which was an issue, because I have never been able to lie to Tatty. Not, chas v’shalom, that I walk around lying. But even the occasional exaggeration has me blushing.
But here I had Debbi in mind and was able to keep a straighter face than usual.
Debbi’s not talking about it either. She thinks I’m insane, but she’s also overflowing with gratitude, and it’s getting to be a bit annoying.
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