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Screw it I wasn’t going to spend all night wondering if Rose was pissed at me She could be pissed all she wanted, but she’d still coood for her to stay away I huffed and took another drink I knew firsthand that this thing between us was too hard to walk away from

When I woke up the next , Kara was already dressed and ready downstairs

“Hey, princess,” I greeted, running my hand down her ponytail as I walked toward the coffee pot “You’re up early”

“Can I go to Charlie’s today?” she asked, pausing with her spoonful of cereal halfway to her ht and her mom said it was cool”

“She did, huh?” I asked I’d been conteirl for some fun, but I could tell by the stubborn set to her chin that wasn’t going to fly If I was reading her right, she wanted to get away from me Wasn’t that some shit

“Please, Dad,” she said, trying and failing to keep the whine out of her voice “I don’t want to hang at the clubhouse all day Please”

“Fine with me,” I said as I poured my coffee

We both went silent, and I had no fucking clue what to say

“You feelin’ okay?” I finally asked

Kara’s face went beet red “I’m fine”

“It’s nothin’ to be e her blush even harder

“I’m not embarrassed,” she lied

“Women have been bleedin’ once a month for thousands of—”

“Jeez, Dad!” she yelled “I’m fine”

“It’s gonna happen again,” I continued “And I don’t want you thinkin’ it’s sootta hide, or—”

I stopped talking when she stood from her chair and raced out of the room

Well, that had gone fucking fantastic

I kept s were almost normal by the time I dropped Kara at Casper’s place

“Bye, Dad,” Kara said quickly, not even bothering to take off her hel up the porch steps

I followed her at a more reasonable pace and reached the doorway just as she went inside

“Hey, Mack,” Farrah said,me at the door

“Thanks for having her over,” I replied as she gave me a sy at the club today”

“Charlie toldup, Papa?”