“What the devil were you thinking, Mom?” she cried. Getting a tattoo at your age is not only improper,
But also quite humiliating. Instead of being a disobedient adolescent, you should be a respectable granny. People will laugh at you because it appears so stupid.
Elis was harmed, but worse than that was what happened next. She had always treated her son-in-law as if he were her own son,
But now he was laughing uncontrollably. Tears were running down his cheeks as he laughed so hard he could not stand.
“Mom, it is hilarious! In between chuckles, he managed to ask, “Really, a tattoo at your age?” Elis’s heart fell.