Naleighna Kai's Literary Cafe Magazine May - Mother's Day Issue | Page 56

show your son a good example of
an apology,” Superwoman ordered,
resting on the arm of the chair.
“Apology,” he snapped, glaring at
her. “For what?”
“For disrespecting me. Not only
that, but in front of my son,”
“I am not apologizing for speaking
what I believe.”
Roberto obviously wanted his head
taken off. You never disagree with a
woman; you’ll never win.
“I guess you want your child to be
as stubborn as you. But I’m not having
it. Maybe you can learn something
from your son,” she said turning away
from Roberto. “Sean, don’t you have
something to say?” Superwoman
demanded, fixing her eyes on
Stephanie.
Sean folded his fingers, twirling
his thumbs nervously. “Stephanie, I
apologize for calling you out of your
name. I shouldn’t have done that. I
was raised better than that, and you
are a beautiful and respectable young
woman,” Sean said, staring directly
into her eyes, regret conveyed on his
face.
“And I apologize for calling you that
name too; I didn’t mean what I said.
I was just having a bad day,” she said
hugging him as tears slid down her
cheeks. Romance may have a chance.
“Stephanie, you can go back to
class,” Mrs. Esposita said, handing her
some Kleenex from the box on her
desk. “I’ll speak with your parents later.”
Leaving the room, she closed the oak
door behind her.
“Good,” Superwoman said, gripping him
by the arm. “Now, I want you to apologize to
Mrs. Esposita.”
Sean’s eyes shifted in confusion wondering
why he was apologizing to her. But Cynthia
was mad; there was no time for questions. “I
apologize for disrespecting you as a woman.”
“You’ll keep apologizing to your female
relatives and to any other woman we see,
until I say you can stop. When you disrespect
one woman, you disrespect all women.”
Mrs. Esposita gave Cynthia a little nod.
Roberto groaned.
Sean thought she was kidding.
By Friday Sean was pulled out of Jayne
Adamson, as soon as they were done with the
paper work, they went to River Oaks Mall.
While they were walking toward Auntie
Anne’s Pretzels, buttery, cinnamon aromas
filled the air. Sean was happy because he
was getting through to the good stuff, even
though he was still being punished. Guess
again.
Out of nowhere, Superwoman said to
the women working behind the counter,
“Ladies, will you please come here?”
Wondering what this was all about, they
moved to the front.
“My son has something to say to you.”
She smiled at Sean.
Sean’s smile quickly faded away. “I
apologize for calling you all out of your
names and disrespecting you. I shouldn’t
have done that because that’s not the way