Another great cliff hanger. How will I hold on until tomorrow? How could Delilah have possibly brought something that could make this visit even more wonderful? I mean, what could be better than spending time with a prima donna so unhappy in her marriage that she seeks shelter and escape in the home of her parents' old neighbor? Granted, Mary Worth was like a mother to her when her own mother was wholly inadequate. And now, she can be like a husband when Delilah's husband is wholly inadequate. I'm betting $10 that the gift is some sort of a book. Because that would be a really clever gift and make this story even more fascinating.
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I'm hoping she'll pull Lawrence's severed head from the suitcase...then all to bed!
ReplyDeleteThey are in the bedroom so shouldn't it be a horse's head?
ReplyDeleteDelilah came to Mary's a week or so ago, but she is just now unpacking? I guess that shows how slow the story is going.
ReplyDeleteI think the gift is probably a book on home decor. It probably has tips on how to spotlight your favorite EKG strips or how to properly display your fudgestipe pillows. lol
A documentary and two tickets to Scotland! (For Delilah and Mary, of course.)
ReplyDeleteSince Delilah has Ted Confey's suitcase, I'm betting she's actually Ted's sister (or wife), and the "present" is $50K in Monopoly money, a gift certificate to CostCutters for Adrian, or a bomb that will take out the entire town.
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You know she is going to bust out with a hand crocheted toilet paper roll coverlet. Something snazzy maybe in orange, flesh tone and brown.
ReplyDeleteA bound copy of Lawrence's famous lectures, or a framed photo of Delilah in happier times as a child prodigy.
ReplyDeleteor maybe a gift certificate to the Bum Boat!
ReplyDeleteMary looks poised to smoke a cigarette! Perhaps she was a smoker "back in the day" and Delilah thoughtfully remembers this, and picked her up a carton of Marlboro Reds.
ReplyDeleteBeing that cigs are so expensive nowadays, Mary should be quite appreciative. (I mean, who knows-- maybe she still sneaks smokes when we readers aren't looking, lol!?)
I agree, it's probably a book, but I'll up the ante another five bucks to say that it's probably a book Delilah has written and is arguing with Lawrence about publishing it. Maybe a music book or score, as I get the impression that the "prodigy" is musical.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of home decor, how does the bedroom decor magically change from panel to panel?
ReplyDeleteMy guess: two tiny glass swans, symbolizing their intimate mother-daughter relationship. Ah, I guess that wouldn't be swans though. The symbolism of two tiny glass... bears?
ReplyDeleteHow do you solve a problem like De-li-lah?!
ReplyDeleteHow do you fix a boring prodigy?
How do you find a word that means Del-li-lah?
A prodigydimwit! Casserole muncher! So twee!
The gift must be...patio furniture!
ReplyDeleteDidn't Delilah tell Mary that she avoids confrontational conversations? She's not avoiding confrontation today, I'll tell ya.
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