Page 39 of Best Woman

“Hello, my darling!”

“Hi, Mom.”

“How are you doing, sweetie? I miss you.”

“I’m OK. Do you have a few minutes to talk?”

“What do you mean? We’re talking right now.”

“No, I mean, like…have an actual conversation. I’d like to talk to you about something.”

“I don’t know what you mean, honey, we are having a conversation right now.”

“Yes, but I can hear the TV on in the background.”

“Oh, well I just have Bravo on. Don’t worry, I’m listening.”

“Yeah, but—”

“You will not believe what Ramona just said to Luann!”

“I don’t know who those people are. Can you turn the TV off?”

“It’s on the lowest setting! I can’t even hear it.”

“Well, I can hear it and I’m a thousand miles away. Can you please just turn it off and like, give me your undivided attention?”

“Fine, it’s off. God, you are so moody . Is everything OK? Oh no, is it about that boy, what was his name? David? Daniel?”

“It was a girl. Named Diana. And no, not really. We broke up a few weeks ago.”

“Oh honey, I’m sorry. Well, that’s her loss. She’ll never find another boy as sweet as you.”

“So that’s…actually what I want to talk about.”