The next day my mother and Jackie finished the handyman’s work with the cement he’d left. My mother in sweatpants—I couldn’t remember seeing her in sweatpants, ever—Jackie with a green bandana tied around her head. They spent the whole afternoon and the next day doing it. When finished, they toasted their accomplishment with lemonade, happy with their newly refurbished floor, proud of their house.
Different sorts of unions/couples
