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“Ha! She hasn’t been social for years Why start now?”

“What do you mean? Mom’s always been the centre of a crowd”

“Boy, that was before you went to college Things calirls everywhere you went”

“What about her own friends? The old crowd”

His dad looked at hi way to travel from Atlantic City to Fort Lauderdale just for a barbecue”

Josh sipped his coffee while he watched hisover the roups in Florida?” He suspected he already knew the answer

“Not ”

“No, but it’s Mo on the table in front of him and watched his dad His face isted into a disapproving look, but his eyes were hurting “Maybe that’s your probleht there? Maybe Mom’s been bored?”

His dad’s eyes turned hard “Are you saying I bore my wife?”

Josh cocked an eyebrow at him They stared at each other for a minute “She’s social You aren’t Where’s the compromise?”

“I compromise” His father shifted unco out”

Josh couldn’t believe his ears The ht “That’s it? That’s your compromise? You really don’t have a clue about women, do you?”

His father sat back in his seat and folded his arms “More than you, boy At least I hooked mine the old-fashioned way”

“By getting her pregnant?” As soon as the words were out of his retted them

His father’s face turned purple “If you weren’t ht now”