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The Party

January 7, 2019 11 Comments

The Party

By Morgan Baker

The party was out of control. I didn’t recognize everyone.

Mother would know if furniture was shifted.

I rolled the rug up, marking the corners on the floor with tape.

Cars went up the street the wrong way. Someone broke a dining chair. I collected empties in a garbage bag.

We put the rug back and superglued the leg.

Two months later at a birthday party, I told my friend Philip to sit in the chair and “break” it.

My parents didn’t find out about the party until my husband told them after I turned 40.

They still don’t believe him.

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  1. b. says

    January 7, 2019 at 7:13 pm

    How soon before someone superglues your husband back together?

    Reply
    • Morgan Baker says

      January 10, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      Ha! Thanks for reading.

      Reply
    • Morgan Baker says

      February 4, 2024 at 10:20 am

      That is very funny!

      Reply
  2. Susan says

    January 7, 2019 at 8:49 pm

    True or not, what a wonderful story. Loved it!

    Reply
    • Morgan Baker says

      January 10, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      Thank you

      Reply
  3. Susan says

    January 7, 2019 at 11:44 pm

    Were you at my house that night?

    Reply
    • Morgan Baker says

      January 10, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      Ha! Perhaps.

      Reply
  4. Mary E Falkner says

    January 7, 2019 at 11:52 pm

    Loved it!

    Reply
    • Morgan Baker says

      January 10, 2019 at 12:58 pm

      Thank you

      Reply
  5. Michele Caputo says

    January 14, 2019 at 9:13 am

    How nervy of you… I never would have been so brave.

    Reply
    • Morgan Baker says

      February 4, 2024 at 10:21 am

      I was not an angelic teen.

      Reply

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