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“Sure, they can talk about drinkin’ and whorin’ all day long, but when I asked to say a prayer before the oat”
Tell’s cheeks turned bright red “Jesus, Dad Do you have to do this now?”
“Watch your language,” Casper snapped “I can’t iine this lady wants to hear your filthy mouth”
Oh, I wanna hear his dirty talk more than you can fatho Just sipped his drink
“I haven’t heard frorandson last Sunday You were there when he pro Dalton and Tell had referred to was code for a fa the prickly Casper What a relief
“I iine he didn’t call because he’s tired of hearin’ you just rag on the to your tiotta place the blame on me, doncha?”
“That’s because it usually falls on you”
What was taking their food so long?
Georgia looked up to see Casper staring at her “Hotchkiss, huh? You Robert’s kid?”
“Yes”
“Huh What church do you go to?”
“Dad, that’s not—”
“It’s okay, Tell” She selical Free”
“Georgia recently irl can speak for herself, can’t she?” Casper retorted “It’s so like you, boy, always trying to sonna tell her e secrets about you”
“Dad Stop”
Casper stretched his arm across the back of the booth “Didja talk to your ia And I don’t see how it’s any of your business what Morinned ia “Better watch this one He ain’t interested in settling down Especially if he ain’t mentioned you to his ia hadn’t been raised to backtalk her elders So as oes sex was keeping her interest, not the chance to snag a McKay, she wouldn’t dare But it broke her heart to watch Tell being ot divorced,” Casper said out of the blue
“My folks got divorced too, after my brother, RJ, died in a car accident”
“I remember that But it wasn’t no accident He was drivin’ drunk, wasn’t he?”
“Yes” And thank you for pointing that out
“I done my share of that Ain’t proud to say it even when I kno I had angels watching over me Praise the Lord he’s on my side, helpin’ me stay outta the bottle You’re lucky he didn’t take no one else with him Not like what happened with my oldest son, Luke So and ia hoped Casper would take a hike But she feared he race