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“Can I come in?”

He jolted and stepped out of the way, letting s you here?”

Setting the box down next to the pile of others by the front door, I bit“I can’t co?”

“Of course you can Did you want a beer?” He was already halfway to the kitchen Whether I wanted one or not didn’t matter

“I’ood”

The un opened came from the kitchen

“I drove here, Dad”

He scoffed “One beer isn’t going to hurt” Shoving the bottle intothe leg rest out

“How many jobs did you have this week?”

“Not enough We’ve reseeded everyone, so now it’s waiting around until the snos up”

I’d hated ardens all over what felt like the tristate area, but was actually only a fehere —barely

Other kids went to su camps in football states, I helped wi

th the fah two t-shirts a day sodding,jobs Felix would throay, and load up onspeeches or award ceremonies for salesman of the year

“Maybe you need to pull back froer Look at Felix, he was younger than you”

Dad let out a disgruntled chuckle “Felix was soft”