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“Death, divorce and discontent sorta forces it I think we’re all kinda lazy because we like where the houses are located Close, but not too close”
Georgia let the last bite of chocolate and cara with your dad?”
“Some days we all do But they’re few and far between I never expected his sobriety would stick I’lad it has, because he was killin’ hi part for all of us? It wasn’t the alcohol that ruruh his
Surprisingly, Tell kept talking “There are tio on a uilty as hell for thinkin’ that, then he shows up, still actin’ like the same SOB he alas, minus the blackout-drunk moments Ever since I was a little kid, the man terrifiedwrong to earn one of theht sound stupid, but after he got done rippin’ into me, I wished he’d taken after me with a switch At least theue always hurt far more than a belt”
This was the most he’d ever spoken to her of the issues he had with his father And her heart hurt for hi… Was a er to his own child?
Tell shoved his bowl aside “Do Deck and Tara-Lee live with your dad?”
“I don’t know Deck and I lived withfarm, we had a small cabin to ourselves on the property Deck didn’t like it because it was pretty basic, so he stayed in the house And I didn’t like being in the house with ht all the time, so I slept at the cabin Because Tara-Lee and RJ were supposed to get married that fall, Tara-Lee had already moved in with my folks, so they let her corief, still trying to take college classes I’ll adive Deck the right to cheat on you,” Tell said hotly “For Christsake, you’d lost your brother, you were forced to move, your parents split up He shoulda been takin’ care of you”
“Thanks Evidently my dad didn’t see it that way since he took Deck’s side When I talked to him last week, he basically defended his actions and Deck’s by tellingis as cut and dried as it looks He doesn’t understand why I don’t just drive over to his place and we can hug it out”
Neither said anything for a few minutes
Then Tell stood and held out his hand “I wanna show you so”
“Is this onna coia allowed him to lead her down the steps and around the corner of the trailer A two-person haround was rocky and rough—no soft, pa jabbed the botto her the rest of the way
As ainst his warm, hard chest, she couldn’t help but snicker “Is this where you call eration “I’ the pain for you, little lady, ’cause that’s what us cowboy types do” He set her down and stretched on the ha a hand to her
It wobbled, but she found a balance point, which placed her right on top of Tell, luckily for her
She sighed “It’s the perfect temperature”
“I crash out here in the suet eaten alive by bugs?”
“Nah I h”