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“Why is he an ath-hole, Aunt Wainey?”

She gasps “Shh! Don’t say asshole Your mom will kill me!”

I laugh and give the foul-ood once over So this uy

“Hey, mister, you have holes in your cheeks like I do!”

Huh? Holes in my cheeks? Oh, he must mean my dimples I study his face more carefully He has hisbrown eyes, a iant dimples just like me “Yep, buddy, I sure do Trust me, they’ll come in handy later in life The ladies love ‘em”

Rainey rolls her eyes “Nice Any ive today?”

“What’s wo?” the boy asks

“Shit!” Rainey says under her breath “Don’t repeat that either, Nathan”

I crouch down on the floor so I can be eye level with him “Hey, Nathan, do you like chocolate et you one?”

He does a fist pump in the air “Yes! I LOVE choc-wit milk!”

I stand up “One choc-wit ht up”

“No, really you don’t—” Rainey says

I pick up the carton froerated case and hand it to the cashier “Too late”

I poke the little straw through the top and hand it to hio, buddy”

Nathan cli”