The Adult Conspiracy
- a ninety percent chance of success!
- a large raindrop, then another
- to cook in spite of her protests
- when I emerged from customs
- adult conspiracy to spoil Beatrice
- drawing back from his kisses
- with its own gin palace
The adult conspiracy to spoil Beatrice‘s appetite stood a ninety percent chance of success! They continued to cook in spite of her protests that she wanted to save room for dinner, like her momma said she should, and soon tears fell from her eyes like a large raindrop, then another.
I knew when I emerged from customs that this was an unusual country – with its own gin palace at the airport and everything. Beatrice’s mother could be seen there, through the window, flirting shamelessly with a man who was not her husband, but drawing back from his kisses just in time. Did she know what the customs officials were trying to do, right then, to her darling daughter’s diet?