"The kid gets up from the table and walks out of the kitchen. I sit there wondering what I should do. I finish eating my roast beef, look all around the big kitchen but I can't see the pretty Philippino lady. Maybe I should find her and tell her about the kid's plan to run away from home. But then, why should I? It's no skin off my nose. I don't even like kids.
I'm getting up from the table. I reach for my walker and begin my journey back to my room. I leave the kitchen and as I walk through the dining room towards the exit I see the pretty lady coming my way. "Did you enjoy your lunch, Joshua?" she asks.
"You're a mama," I say.
"Yes, Joshua. I'm a mama. Victoria is my baby."
"I remember my mama. She was pretty too. I left her when I was a kid, not much older than your daughter."
"That must have broken her heart, Joshua. Did you ever go back to see her?"
"Nope, I never did. I figured she was better off without me hanging around her neck, holding her back. See, my mama was a white lady. In those days a white lady with a black kid had no chance of a future."
"Joshua, I wouldn't care what colour my child was. If she was purple I'd still want her with me. Don't you know true love is colour blind?"
"True love is colour blind, you say? No, I never thought of it that way. You love your little girl?"
"More than life, Joshua."
"Hmm, well, pretty lady, I like being by myself. I don't care about other people and I never did learn to like kids. But I met your Victoria. She's got spunk. She kind of reminds me of me when I was a kid."
"Oh, she's got spunk, all right, Joshua!"
"Pretty lady, I probably should mind my own business but there's something about Victoria you've got to know."
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