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Forget and forgive

The three o'clock bell soon jolted me from my thoughts and Idejectedly（沮丧地，灰心地）grabbed my book bag from my desk and shuffled out the door for home.

On the walk to home, I plotted my revenge. I would slam the front door upon entering, refuse to return her hug when she rushed over to me, and vow never to speak to her again.

The house was empty when I arrived and I looked for a note on the refrigerator that might explain my mother's absence, but found none. My chinquivered with（战栗，颤动）a mixture of heartbreak and rage. For the first time in my life, my mother had let me down.

I was lying face-down on my bed upstairs when I heard her come through the front door.

"Robbie," she called out a bit urgently. "Where are you?"

I could then hear her darting frantically from room to room, wondering where I could be. I remained silent. In a moment, she mounted the steps. When she entered my room and sat beside me on my bed, I didn't move but instead stared blankly into my pillow refusing to acknowledge her presence.

"I'm so sorry, honey," she said. "I just forgot. I got busy and forgot—plain and simple."

I still didn't move. "Don't forgive her," I told myself. "Shehumiliated（屈辱，丢脸）you. She forgot you. Make her pay."

Then my mother did something completely unexpected. She began to laugh. I could feel hershudder（发抖，战栗）as the laughter shook her. It began quietly at first and then increased violently.