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“And did you ever feed the dog?” I wondered

She shook her head “No I didn’t really like the dog He was really standoffish around me, and I think he sensed that I didn’t really like him”

“You don’t like dogs?” I asked “Or just that one in particular?”

“That one in particular, but all dogs really” She winced “I’ hair I don’t really like the me with their wet mouths And I don’t really like the ss Or the way they’re so loud”

I grinned “So, what you’re telling me is you don’t like kids, either?”

She opened hercame out

CHAPTER 21

I like big butts and taco trucks

-Bruno to Belle

BRUNO

“How many times have you been to prison?” she asked curiously

I grinned at her change of topic Hoe’d gone frouess

“Twice,” I answered

She tilted her head “For how long each time?”

I thought back to that answer