Chapter 19 - FLORENCE RETIRES FROM BEING STRONG
At seventy-eight, my mother stopped hosting family dinners.
She announced it herself.
“No more forty-person Sundays.”
Everyone panicked.
Who would make the seating plan?
The estate manager.
Who would choose menu?
Chef.
Who would remind Uncle Marco not to discuss politics with Aunt Celia?
No one.
Let them suffer.
Florence laughed.
Then she began eating more often in the kitchen with staff because she liked them.
Vanessa once asked whether that made her uncomfortable after what happened.
Florence answered:
May you like
“No. I choose the kitchen now.”
Choice changes rooms.
