she answered

he thought she might not

his mother knew what she liked and she wasnt hip on Patricia

Hello.

Hiya  Youre pretty noncommittal

                                    This is Joe my Maw said Id call Patricia

I don’t go by Patricia.

Then you should say She told me Patricia

What else did she tell you?

She said your mother said youd seen me out somewhere an wondered who I was Mothers talk

They talk a bluestreak.

I understand they know each other from AA

notPatricia burst out laughing

                                Wouldn’t that be the shit? You’re funny.

You can take a mother joke

I can, I’m not touchy.

Youre also not Patricia

No.

So

    I woudnt think Tricia either

Oh God no.

            I go by Trixx.

Like the cereal not I C K I X

Actually I X X.

I like that

           Interested in meeting somewhere You name the place

You’re not going to press me, pick me up at my house?

I woudnt pick a trick up at her house

   How did you spell that?

Meet me an Ill tell ya

they met hit it off  had a three casual datesgave each other room

sixth it was the sixthNO  seventh date

                                             they related

afterwards he called her Trixxx

                                   was their inside joke

his mother wasnt hip

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