Over the Hill is From "First Sightings"
· Pat = art teacher
o Pat and the narrator’s mom decide on the side hustle of bartending at fancy parties
· Sees a bunch of pregnant people on the street
o “a pregnant person is living evidence that she actually did it with a man” --> MC would want to stay inside lol
· James Wertheim = mom’s new bf, lawyer
· Jodie thinks abortion is murder
· Jodie’s mom disagrees and says it could happento anyone when they are unprepared
o Jodie says it couldn’t happen to her
· Pat and Jodie’s mom are making drinks at an event
o Jodie asks her mom for another drink to which her mom says no
· The mom calls her boyfriend James and tells him to bring his friend Sam for Pat
· “James will want to stay over and my mom will feel funny about it because of me”
· James calls and Jodie answers, then says her mom has gone out and can’t answer the phone (which is not true)
· Pat says that someone named Lisa had an abortion
o The mom said she’s glad she never had to
· The mom calls James to see where he is but Jamesdoesn’t answer. They assume he’s just on his way.
o “James will call sooner or later I suppose and then it will all come out.”
· “Still and all, a person has to make some effort to keep things under control and I’m glad I did”
· “If grownups don’t act their age, who is going to keep any kind of order in the world?”