My son was stealing from me on Mother’s Day, foolish enough to do it while I stood only six feet away. He had no idea the membership number he was reciting belonged to the woman who controlled the entire restaurant.
My name is Margaret Whitmore. I’m sixty-eight, widowed, and apparently an embarrassment to the son I’d spent thirty-five years raising.
That Sunday, I ate alone at Bellavita, an upscale Italian restaurant in downtown Boston.
Families laughed around me, champagne glasses clinked, and mothers received bouquets.
Only one chair at my table was occupied.
My son, Adam, hadn’t called.
Three weeks earlier, I’d invited him and his wife, Vanessa, to Mother’s Day dinner.
Vanessa picked up his phone.
“We’re celebrating with my parents, Margaret. It’s really a family occasion.”
I remembered staring at the phone.
“Am I not family?”
She laughed.
“Don’t be dramatic.”
So I wore my favorite navy suit, fastened my late husband’s pearl brooch to the lapel, and treated myself to dinner.
After my pasta, I paid the $86 bill and got ready to leave.
That’s when I spotted them.
Adam stood near the entrance with Vanessa, her parents, and six other relatives.
His father-in-law, Graham Price, wore a Rolex. His mother-in-law, Celeste, carried a purse worth more than my first car.
Adam saw me.
His smile disappeared.
“Mom? What are you doing here?”
“Having dinner, sweetheart.”
Vanessa glanced at my empty table.
“Alone? How depressing.”
Celeste shared an amused look with her husband.
“Some mothers really can’t let go.”
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