Aw nawnaw naw  Come on baby  I really got to get going

Where are you going?

To meet a friend

Where?

Where  well my little Herr  Im heading over to Cumberland

she smiled largeseemed amused it tickled hertickled her at some levelperhaps a base level he couldnt get his head around

he didnt thinkdidnt cross his mind that she might be perverse or meddlesome  wasnt her nature

Cumberland Park had nothing to do with her

Everything to do with him

 

Sowhas the huhbub bub

Whatcha talkin bout Willis? 

                            showing off her depth or recall of pop culture telly-inspired dementia

Diffrent Strokes didnt inspire him 

                                    he wasnt opposed to it placating his girls when they were younger while he made dinner

they had knocked off their homework afterschool while with their sitter

after dinner

              Lemme see your homework girls

they went to their backpacks and pulled out leaves of paper

he scrutinised their work tortured it Dammit they were good they didnt have his sophistication but shouldnt they were children

afterwards they asked him what he thought

he told them what he gleamed with his adult eye

they recognisedunderstood his assessments

We were adroit, yes?

they liked the word  what children like adroit  his girls 

                                                           adroit they like that it was French that it was righthanded as they were while maladroit and gauche were lefthanded  as he was 

Did you know that, Dad?

I did I studied French in junior high Why do you know it

From the dictionary. We figured we might impress you; also tease you.

Manohman  when they hit high school theyd be ranging over himchallenging him 

                                                                                      that was okay

he was always up for a challenge

its why he challenged them when they were younger  he and their mother

they had the capacity

who wanted to know a girl a boy who wasnt worth their salt

their mother attracted him first physically

but it was her mind that enticed him

made him fall in love with her

Cumberland, huh?

Ye . .

. . With a friend

With a friend

Okay.

Okay

        I didnt ask

Did I imply otherwise?

Did you

        

she leered like a hyena I didHA

Knucklehead  crack me up I love you

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