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“Can we go see the ponies today?”
“You just saw them last week”
“But Constance hasn’t seen them Please?”
He finished his cup of espresso before he carried everything to the table “Alright Since you said please”
“Yes!” She cli me of his decision as if I couldn’t hear what he’d just said “Daddy said we can go”
“Great Can’t wait to see Budweiser”
Benton took the seat beside her, dragged her chair closer to the table with one hand, and then turned back to his food “Finish your food, and we’ll go” He grabbed the linen napkin from the table and put it in her lap
She grabbed her fork again
“Elbows off the table”
“Your elbows are on the table,” she fired back
He gave a quiet sigh before he stopped doing it himself
She shoveled the food into heras quickly as possible “I’uys better hurry” She slid off the chair and ran down the hallway into her bedroom
The instant she was gone, he was back to his normal self
His eyes dimmed
His smile was a frown
His elbows moved back to the table
And he ignored me
The man was literally two different people
“I told her she’s going back to school on Monday”
He turned his stare on ht
“She’s excited”
He resumed his meal, and once his bite ed, he took another There was no intention of responding
“You don’t have to come with us today I’m sure you’re tired”
“I’s with Claire And you have no idea where to go” He looked straight ahead again and ate his cold breakfast without complaint
I looked down into o “Hoas your night?”
He kept eating