“Mom, can you spare a twenty for your favorite son?”

“LaNORE, where are you? I need a loaf of fresh bread and my windows are filthy.”

“Mother, Stephanie cannot stay with me and that is final.”

“Mom! Thanks for accepting the charges--we’re in Alberta! Isn’t that cool?”

“We’re out of mayo.”

Lee Adams has been married for over two decades to a gentle lug of a man, a man of few words, a man who would rather communicate in grunts than engage in actual conversation. She has three grown children who are off living their own lives, unless they want something from her.

Life is good. Life is predictable. Life is, well, life is passing her by and she’s tired of gazing wistfully at the rear view mirror.

An unscheduled detour leads to a flirtatious dalliance with a millionaire, a wardrobe best suited to the privacy of the boudoir, and a decision she never thought she’d have to make.

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