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"Either you handle it or I will I don’t want you anywhere around that crap and I won’t let so I hed and looked back down to his lap "I’ll do it I will"

"Good" I went to the door, but turned back "It’s you and ht?"

"I do Yeah"

When I saw that he did and he wasn’t fighting hed in relief We dealt with sowith school and our friends--that was so we could control I was determined not to let anyone else push us around One way or another, I was going to protect us

6

DINNER WITH HELEN

I was at dinner with o, but coh the basement door Mom’s pissy ‘cause of her party

I responded back, With ?

No Out with that girl

Shit That’s been going on for a long tihed to ot beer

"Is that Nathaniel?" Helen asked as she folded her cloth napkin, brushing the corner of hermy phone away "Why the hell do you call hie Do you always have to curse in my presence?"

I nodded and flashed her a smile "Don’t worry, Helen dearest, I don’t discriroaned "Well," she glanced around at the other diners around us It was an early dinner, but the restaurant was known for its expensive cuisine Even though ere a safe distance fro, they were curious anyway She added, "People in our circle don’t needwhen you’re around your mother? Please?"

I rolled oing to addand your divorce is plenty to keep the old hags going" Noticing one old hag in particular watching us steadily, I narrowed my eyes at her, leaned forward, and raised , in case you wanted to knohat’s going on"

"Mason," Helen hissed next to nored her and said to the lady, "She really hates it when I say the word FUCK all the tiht When I saw the same movements as all the others, when they lifted their noses to look down theain, "In case you’re confused about that word, it’s like having sex, but fking You know? I like toto you’" The lady looked horrified When she began looking around for the server, I lifted et theer in the air, pointing it right at her "That lady there wants sole" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>