Nadine laughed as well and moved into the mobile home. She looked around and was surprised to find that Maude was such a good housekeeper. Bubba always looked so dirty and unkempt that Nadine thought it was a family trait. Now she knew it was just Bubba. The boy would probably look bad dressed in gold and silk. Of course, Maude always looked clean and dressed very well. After all, she bought all her clothes at Wally’s World.
Maude offered Nadine a seat and soon the two of them were comfortable on the old over-stuffed sofa as they talked. The air was filled with cigarette smoke as the two woman started to discuss life in general.
“So, how be thangs heah in the holler Maude?” Nadine asked as she took a deep drag from her cigarette.
“Been as busy as a one legged man in a mile race ‘round heah. Bubba done made a new garden and our old truck needed a new block. Of course, the dawgs been a real handful and little Bubba Junior is starting to date girls.”
“What’d y’all put in the garden? I got me a small one out back.”
“We got us some ung-youngs, collard greens, some cabbages, and ya know we got us some turnips as well.”
“Bubba been behavin’ himself lately?”
“Now, Nadine, why would ya ask a question like that of me?”
“Well, it’s jus’ he’s been a handful down at the diner. He’s always a-jokin’ and a-actin’ up. I was wonderin’ if the two of ya are a-getting along well.”
“Shore, thangs is great with me and Bubba,” Maude replied, as she made a mental note to nail Bubba’s hide to the front door as soon as he came home from work.
“And, he has been in the café more than usual lately,” Nadine said as she stretched her long and shapely legs out in front of her.
Lord, how I hate this woman, Maude thought to her self as she caught herself looking at Nadine’s very finely developed figure. She is near perfect body wise anyway Maude thought.
“I guess he is jus’ a-meetin’ some friends fer coffee and a few dis’cussions.”
