Chapter 11 the whole story
Her parents were hippies- real one. She was born on a commune in Murfreesboro Tennessee. Her father was an art professor at Middle Tennessee State University. He actually taught a class in basket weaving. He mother was a mid-wife. Until she was eight she live with her parent and an odd collection of artists and musicians on a farm. Her father was a talented artist, but he wanted to "keep it pure". So he never rose above the level of assistant professor and was never a commercial success. Her grandmother was a missionary in China and when she retired, Jane went to live with her. Jane hated the hippie life, she hated being homeschool she hated the farm. Jane's mother had rejected her own upbringing in the same way Jane was rejecting hers. She loved her parents but she wanted to go to real school. So she moved to Nashville and her grandmother became her guardian. Her grandmother never forced her beliefs on Jane, but the peace her grandmother possessed attracted her and she made these beliefs her own. She graduated from high school two years early and chose to be a doctor because it required a great deal of education and joining the military was the last thing her father would want her to do. The army paid her way through school. She went to desert storm as the head of a medical unit and came home to specialize in pediatrics. She did work with doctors without borders for a while, but got home sick and took a position at Tulane hoping to teach at the medical school. That didn't happen and she found out about County's job.
"You see how I did what is on my resume at my AGE!" she said
"Did you leave anything out?" Romano asked "No marriage, no kids"
"No what about you?"
"Nope. Never had the time"
"Lots of women though, right"
OH YEAH, at this point I'm in danger of becoming a parody of myself,when it comes to women,but what about you any serious relationships?"
"If you are trying to ask me if I'm a virgin than the answer is yes. My grandmother raised me very traditionally. I don't even know if my parents were legally married or not and their casual promiscuous lifestyle wasn't attractive to me after my father died of Aids.
Romano was speechless. The dog jumped up and Romano releashed her.
He and Jane walked back to her apartment without talking, but in a stilted way. It was a comfortable silence like the way they worked together on the trauma.
As they neared her apartment Robert stopped and kissed her. She kissed him back. He looked at her and turned around and walked in the other direction. It was Jane's turn to think WOW.
Her parents were hippies- real one. She was born on a commune in Murfreesboro Tennessee. Her father was an art professor at Middle Tennessee State University. He actually taught a class in basket weaving. He mother was a mid-wife. Until she was eight she live with her parent and an odd collection of artists and musicians on a farm. Her father was a talented artist, but he wanted to "keep it pure". So he never rose above the level of assistant professor and was never a commercial success. Her grandmother was a missionary in China and when she retired, Jane went to live with her. Jane hated the hippie life, she hated being homeschool she hated the farm. Jane's mother had rejected her own upbringing in the same way Jane was rejecting hers. She loved her parents but she wanted to go to real school. So she moved to Nashville and her grandmother became her guardian. Her grandmother never forced her beliefs on Jane, but the peace her grandmother possessed attracted her and she made these beliefs her own. She graduated from high school two years early and chose to be a doctor because it required a great deal of education and joining the military was the last thing her father would want her to do. The army paid her way through school. She went to desert storm as the head of a medical unit and came home to specialize in pediatrics. She did work with doctors without borders for a while, but got home sick and took a position at Tulane hoping to teach at the medical school. That didn't happen and she found out about County's job.
"You see how I did what is on my resume at my AGE!" she said
"Did you leave anything out?" Romano asked "No marriage, no kids"
"No what about you?"
"Nope. Never had the time"
"Lots of women though, right"
OH YEAH, at this point I'm in danger of becoming a parody of myself,when it comes to women,but what about you any serious relationships?"
"If you are trying to ask me if I'm a virgin than the answer is yes. My grandmother raised me very traditionally. I don't even know if my parents were legally married or not and their casual promiscuous lifestyle wasn't attractive to me after my father died of Aids.
Romano was speechless. The dog jumped up and Romano releashed her.
He and Jane walked back to her apartment without talking, but in a stilted way. It was a comfortable silence like the way they worked together on the trauma.
As they neared her apartment Robert stopped and kissed her. She kissed him back. He looked at her and turned around and walked in the other direction. It was Jane's turn to think WOW.