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“Yes, rin and give a little wave

My tumet caught up in my feels and fall too deep into like

Edgar

I’ myself, but now I’m in a weird limbo Did I just ask a client out on a date? Do I honestly care? I haven’t been on a date since I broke things off with Marilyn, and Efia seee e want I’et caught up in h h lasses

It’s a perfect day for fishing After grabbing my poles, I load them in the back while I wait for Addler to arrive My best friend since the womb, he’s more of a brother than a friend His mother, my Aunt Marisol, has been arten So when they got pregnant around the sauess that’s one of the rew up in

Ad’s always been a good person to bounce things off Hell, he was the one who told ood fit Maybe I should start listening to him Five years of my life went down the drain e called it quits

He pulls up in his black Toyota Four Runner I wave as he parks and hops down Retrieving his poles and tackle box out of the back, he brings it over so I can add it to my own

“Hey, brother, what’s going on?”

I shakesince ent fishing”

“Understatement I think it’s been close to three months Do you want to head to the Texas City Dike?”

“Yeah, we haven’t been there in a while, and we usually co of the cooler full of fish I’d used for an impromptu fish fry with my family

“That’s true”

“How are the wife and ?” I ask once we’re inside the car

“They’re great I think the wife is getting a combination of baby fever and sadness since Adelaide will be starting school after the summer is up”

“Poor thing The years flew by, though, didn’t they?”