they met playing beach volleyball
girl had hops
went to block his shot
he slammed it between her hands
split her lip
applied ice
purpledbruised up real quick
You tryin’ to kill me?
Kill ya I don even know ya
Im headin out babe
Where you going?
stuck his head in the kitchen
Pickup the grocery items you asked me to this morning To the mall first Daddy needs knew shoes he laughed
she didnt
Comon Momma needs a new pair of shoes
Thas funny
You’re so easily amused.
I am
Take one of the girls with you.
Its Saturday Im sure theyd rather play togetherplay
outside with friends than go to the mall with me for shoes an groceries
Take one of the girls.
Ill ask
Don’t ask. One of them has to go with
you.
Christ knew the bug up her ass girls probably sensed it by now too
Hey girls who wants to go to the mall
then to grab a few groceries
Therell be something in it for ya
they put their Barbies and Kens downscrambled to their feet
We’ll go.
stuck his head in the kitchen
The girls are coming with me
Only one has to go.
Theyre coming Not a negotiation
in the car
You know you both didnt have
to come
We wanted to.
Do you know why you can’t go out alone?
Yes
I do Youre my little ankle bracelets
Tha stays between us
Understand
looked at them through the rearview mirror
Yes Daddy.
Yes Papa.
Give some thought what youd like to have
for coming
Were not going to be all day
about it Awright
Yes Daddy.
Yes Papa.
Good girls
his little ankle bracelets monitors
tethers
before they married after splitting her lip he introduced her to girls he
was datinghad dated everyone went out as
a collective restaurant workers collective made him
laugh
went to the beach at night bonfires plenty of wine grass threw parties at apartment complexes sometimes a house a few kids parents were well-off
Its called dating
I date one person at a time.
I don
If I were to ask you out
You woudnt go out with me
They glom on you like moths to a
lightbulb
Im fun Sppose they do
We have fun
Then some.
Sometimes
I made a vow to you I wont cross that
But . you . . . you could . . have a moment
. . . a breakdown.
If I were going to break youd be the
first to know
As I told you long ago you got an itch I cant scratch yado the courtesy ya let me know
Gimme tha respect
Until death do we part can be a long
time
A long time
he liked Stephen Stillshad met him once
upon a time
Love the One You’re With
she didnt
like Stephen Stills
647preferred, Thursday,
6 11. 25
1226, Wednesday,
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