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“I’ll back off” She grins “Just know I’ her ar “Love you, son”

“I love you too Tell Dad I’m sorry I missed him”

“Will do He wanted to cancel his fishing trip, but I wouldn’t let him”

“I’lad He deserves a break He’s only been retired for what, twoout of the house?”

“Exactly!” she exclaiet the place to myself Now, shoo,” she says with tears in her eyes

“I’ll come home more Promise”

“Good Love you Give your sister and her fa from me I’ll be there to see them next weekend”

“I’ll tell them” With a final wave, I’m in my truck and headed to the other side of town to see et lost in ht, the feel of the ertips, the taste of her on e that back then, I was the only man to ever have her

I bang ot her na every little detail about her

My dreairl

WhenNot just from my nepheho is in her arms, but from somewhere else in the house “Come in,” she says I reach for my nephew to help her out, but he vomits all over her before I have a chance to take him

“Shit,” she mutters “The second time today”