Timeline: The Rules of the Game by Rebecca Lee https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw en-us 2020-11-20 16:35:03 UTC 2020-11-22 04:50:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Waverly takes her mom out to lunch. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948956332 "I had taken my mother out to lunch at my favorite Chinese restaurant in hopes of putting her in a good mood, but it was a disaster." "Nothing is wrong with my heart," she huffed"]]> 2020-11-22 04:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948956332 Waverly gives us a flashback of her childhood playing chess. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948960701 "I hated the way she tried to take all the credit." "I told her she didn't know anything, so she shouldn't show off. She should shut up."]]> 2020-11-22 04:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948960701 Waverly talks about her first marriage and how things ended bad. She doesn't want the same thing to happen to Rich. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948962429 "...that I wondered if perhaps my mother had poisoned my marriage." "But I was worried for Rich. Because I knew my feelings for him were vulnerable to being felled by my mother's icions, passing remarks, and innuendos."]]> 2020-11-22 04:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948962429 Rich comes to a family dinner. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948963312 "And even though I was hoping throughout the dinner that my mother would somehow see Rich's kindness, his sense of humor and boyish charm, I knew he had failed miserably in her eyes."]]> 2020-11-22 04:32:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948963312 Waverly sticks up to her mom and tells her how she feels. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948963517 "I wasn't going to let her escape this time." "You think your mother is this bad." ]]> 2020-11-22 04:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948963517 The main conflict is that Waverly wants to please her mom with her life decisions but also wants her mom to listen to her and not be so rude. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948964755 2020-11-22 04:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948964755 Waverly and her mom have a heart to heart conversation and she approves of Rich and Waverly getting married. rebeccalee9 https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948978371 "I could finally see what was really there: woman, a wok for her armor, a knitting needle for her sword getting a little crabby as she waited patiently for her daughter to invite her in."]]> 2020-11-22 04:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rebeccalee9/dlqmgdmn665trbrw/wish/948978371