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I slowly return esture for him to lead us to his Jeep "What did you want to do today?"

"Well, it’s Shuffleboard Sunday"

"Shuffleboard Sunday? Really?" I ask as he opens my door for me

"I needed a sport that starts with S To match Sunday, you know?"

I clis to the driver’s side

"And you could only come up with shuffleboard?"

He throwsor Su Sunday?"

"We’d dress up in those su suits that would ood Lord," I mutter "Shuffleboard Sunday sounds just fine"

"Good I had no idea where I was gonna get suive hi Sunday if you want, but I don’t knoe’d declare a winner"

"Would you just drive, Jerehter inside

He chuckles, starts the ignition, and turns out onto the highway The scorching suhs stick to the duct tape holding the seat together We sing along to the radio as we dip up and down the hills near Spring Hill He takes randparents’ old folks’ home

"Why are we here?" I blurt

"This is the only place I knoith a shuffleboard court"

I accidentally snort, and once the laughter starts, I can’t stop And then he’s laughing too I laugh so hardin the courtyard give us confused looks

We laugh until an elderly eboy cap and has more wrinkles than a Shar-Pei

"Jererandson’s face, gingerly touching the greenish bruise "You been icing this, young ly satisfied with that answer, his grandfather then turns his attention to me "You haven’t visited in teeks and now you shoith a date?"