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“She gives et two Old McDonald’s toys!” he says “I love my Aunt Wainey”

Yeah, me too, little man Me too

Drew clears his throat “We should actually get going I told her we’d be there by four”

“That’s cool I think I’ym”

I get off the recliner and rub my hand over Nathan’s head to ood”

He wraps his little body around !”

“Das out his wallet “Nathan, don’t say douchebag Are you trying to bankrupt me?”

Nate hangs his head “Sorry, Unca’ Drew”

“I’ll see ya later, guys”

“Hey, I’m on duty at the station for the next few days but why don’t we ests

“Sure,” I say “Just text me when and where”

As expected, the gyh it doesn’t stopout about twice as often as I used to— calories the fun way—and the only progress I’ve ained about fifteen pounds of muscle over the past couple of months I’ve always been a pretty fit dude, but I’ more bulk now

The week passes in a fog It’s the same uneventful shit every day Get up Go to work Go to sleep Do it all over again the next day I findher when I got off of work each day; it gave ht shift, we still texted throughout the day, and so byfor a quickie before I had to go to work

God, Ioes on?

Friday finally rolls around and as pro the waitresses at Kelly’s, we’ve been trying out new places whenever we ht we’re at this trendy new club that’s more on the upscale side We usually prefer dive bars because the drinks are stronger and it’s less crowded, but Drew says he knows the bartender here and she’ll give us the hookup What that really translates to is Dreants to hook up with the bartender I really have no desire to play the wingood sport since he’s been putting up with my cantankerous ass