by Raven Rosethorn

Created on: December 01, 2009   Last Updated: December 09, 2009

The Origami Cupcake

Mother never stayed for long. She always came dressed in her exuberant outfits and never matching high heeled shoes. Flats are for ordinary women. I'm not an everyday woman, she would say. Father let her do whatever she wanted. He never said no to her because he was afraid she would leave if he ever did. He bent to her every whim and once drove from our home in South Jersey to Brooklyn to get her a cheesecake. She only ate Junior's cheesecake and nothing else. You see mother grew up on the upper east-side of Manhattan. She is the daughter of a very successful and rich broker. You'd think she'd marry to a rich man but to her parents' and her surprise she married my dad, Henry. Henry was a server at this Italian restaurant called Vinnies when mother met him. He didn't have a rich family like she did and had to work two jobs to pay for college.

They met one day in September of 1965. Mother had decided that she would go out to eat with her friends to eat after her last class. Her parents were very over-protective of her. They didn't want her roaming around the city without a body guard with her. She hated being followed by a steroid using huge dude that scared her more than the strangers her parents were afraid of.

Sasha, let's go to Vinnies, her friend Carmen suggested.

We can't go to Brooklyn, dweeb, my mother will freak! my mother scolded.

Oh c'mon, Sasha; It'll be fun, her other friend, Julia, begged.

We always have fun at Vinnies. All those cute guys in Brooklyn; you know you want to go, Carmen teased.

Ok, ok. I give in, my mother raised her hands in defeat. They took mother's limo to Brooklyn. Indeed, she had a fabulous life. She didn't know that this trip to Brooklyn would change her life forever. When they finally arrived at Vinnies; mother was having second thoughts about breaking her mother's rules.

Relax, S Carmen told my mother. Vinnies wasn't an extravagant restaurant. It was pretty low-key but with an old touch feel. Inside it looked like one of those old diners with the tile floors and walls. It was pretty authentic and the cool spot for college kids. Everybody knew about Vinnies.

Hi, may I take your order? Henry asked my mother and her friends. When he saw her he was so hypnotized by her beauty that his hands started to shake. Mother and her friends just stared at him. He was handsome. He had dark brown hair and blue green grey eyes.

I love your eyes! Julia gushed at Henry.

Yes, they are lovely Sasha told Henry. They looked

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