ailments
tender_square
it
was
a
test
,
the
offer
to
come
for
dinner
.
mom
didn't
really
want
to
extend
the
invite
;
she
wanted
to
see
whether
her
daughter
would
come
without
their
grandchild. "
oh
,
my
allergies
have
been
acting
up
all
day
,"
the
daughter
insisted. "
i've
had
to
take
so
much
benadryl."
she
expounded
on
other
symptoms:
she
had
gotten
her
period
and
it
was
so
weird
because
usually
she
has
cramps
in
the
back
but
they
were
happening
in
the
front
this
time
and
they
were
so
intense
.
the
daughter
phoned
the
following
day
. "
remember
how
i
told
you
my
back
was
hurting
me
?"
the
daughter
misremembered
her
own
lie
. "
i
did
actually
pull
it
!
i
had
been
sneezing
so
hard
from
my
allergies
!"
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