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As forabout, and I can hold er these days unless it’s personal The liquor and protection will be split evenly, as well as so most of the hands-on work in that depart, I’o

Truth is, I’ht nohich shouldn’t coiven my philosophy when it comes to my personal life I watched my parents love story crumble around them when my father took up with some side action, watched it break my mother’s heart She stuck with hiuess But I lost all respect for him and any drive to have a happily ever after of my own

Because it doesn’t exist

My phone lights up as I sit at a red light, and I see it’s my sister, Maria

“Hello,” I answer, putting her on speaker

“What are you so gruht voice takes a bit of the darkness from inside the car She looks, sounds, and has a lot of mannerisms like my mother—both of them perpetual optimists with kind hearts but steel backbones

“I’ I don’t particularly want to have What’s up?” I’m within a few minutes of my destination, but I always anshen she calls if at all possible She’s my only family left, and while she may be a pain in my ass, I love her with every inch of et it, have a wife, family, picket fence and some hairy mutt to trip over

“Just wanted to remind you about dinner Monday Rebecca will be there” There’s a sing-song lilt to her voice, and I roll my eyes and try to hold back my irritation

She’s been trying to set me up for years, but she’s leveled up her push the last few months I’ve dated, if you can call it that, but found that most of the women weren’t all that interested in me They wanted the lifestyle and the pocketbook that came with it

Or it could just be that I'rouchy fuck Doesn’t matter, I wasn’t all that interested in the just never clicked, and love has never been a priority to me

It’s not just the lack of belief that love is real, that it can last or is worth the effort It’s also that erous work And I could never have someone attached to me who could be used as a weakness So, love, relationships, kidsit’s just not on my radar