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whooped.
Stuart shook his head. “During the fight, he told her he was pre-med.”
Joe laughed. “Didn’t I tell you? You need a sexier major than computer science. Hey, he didn’t see anything, did he?”
“I thought you were supposed to tell her already?”
“I’m going to. But that doesn’t mean her family is ever going to know. I’m pretty sure our secrets will have to keep forever where they’re concerned.”
Stuart shook his head. “I don’t think he saw anything more than a bar brawl with some guys who know how to fight.”
Joe nodded. “Thanks for taking care of things over here.”
Stuart shrugged. Then he looked up at Joe and grinned. “You gonna tell Mom if I have a beer tonight?” he asked. “We’ve got a line of cabs coming at eleven. We already arranged with the bar owner that everyone would pay twenty bucks for overnight parking.”
“If I don’t see anything, I won’t have to lie.” Joe hit his fist gently against his brother’s arm. “Three more months and we’ll give you a twenty-first birthday party to beat the band.”
“Yeah?” They walked over to get some food. “There gonna be girls?”
Chapter 6
TORI and Lexie held tightly to Ben’s wrists so his hands didn’t slide out of his mittens. “One, two, three,” they sang out, pulling him up high in the air and dropping him to his feet.
Close to four inches of snow had fallen last night, and all three of them wanted to walk to church this morning. Their breath puffed out into the cold air and their boots crunched on the snow. They swung Ben up in the air again. This time he didn’t put his feet down so that he landed on his knees.
The equivalent of “Make a snow angel, Mommy,” came out in his broken toddler English.
“No, Benji,” Lexie scolded. “Stand up.” She brushed the snow off his dark blue corduroys. “We can play in the snow at Grandma and Grandpa’s. I don’t want you to get wet before Sunday School.”
After a minute, Ben complied, stomping his feet through the snow so it puffed up.
Tori kept thinking, I’m going to miss this. Then she had to remind herself, she would only live a few blocks farther away than she had before.
She smiled in the crisp morning air. What kind of magic was this — she wouldn’t have to give up anything when she got married, and she was gaining the whole world.
Lexie looked over at her. “What are you smiling at?”
Tori grinned. “Isn’t the world a beautiful place?”
Lexie shook her head and chuckled. “You’re drunk on love.”
Tori laughed out loud. “I know!”
“You’re so lame.” But her sister smiled when she said it.
“You know, you and Hayley and I made that no-men pact, but you two are the only people who aren’t telling me what a terrible mistake I’m making.” Tori had been waiting for one of them to say something. The suspense was killing her.
Lexie walked in silence for a moment or two. “It’s possible, I suppose, that out of the three or four billion men on this planet, not all of them are irredeemable jerks.”
Tori smiled. She knew Lexie tempered her language in front of Ben. What she meant was much worse.
“The older he gets,” Lexie nodded to her son, “the more I see how I can help him learn to be a good man. Kind, honest, compassionate, responsible.”
“Like Dad,” Tori said.
Lexie glanced over and gave her a quick smile. “Yeah, like Dad. But hopefully with a little more backbone.”
Tori didn’t want to argue with her. She vacillated between thinking Dixie was a control-freak or Danny was a push-over. She didn’t understand her parents’ marriage.
But she sure appreciated Lexie’s high praise — Joe fell into the category of “not an irredeemable jerk.”
When they got to church, he was waiting for her by the front door. He pulled her in for a quick kiss, making her giggle. Then he crouched down and held up his hand to Ben.
Ben high-fived him and laughed.
“Morning, Joe. Come on, Ben,
Stuart shook his head. “During the fight, he told her he was pre-med.”
Joe laughed. “Didn’t I tell you? You need a sexier major than computer science. Hey, he didn’t see anything, did he?”
“I thought you were supposed to tell her already?”
“I’m going to. But that doesn’t mean her family is ever going to know. I’m pretty sure our secrets will have to keep forever where they’re concerned.”
Stuart shook his head. “I don’t think he saw anything more than a bar brawl with some guys who know how to fight.”
Joe nodded. “Thanks for taking care of things over here.”
Stuart shrugged. Then he looked up at Joe and grinned. “You gonna tell Mom if I have a beer tonight?” he asked. “We’ve got a line of cabs coming at eleven. We already arranged with the bar owner that everyone would pay twenty bucks for overnight parking.”
“If I don’t see anything, I won’t have to lie.” Joe hit his fist gently against his brother’s arm. “Three more months and we’ll give you a twenty-first birthday party to beat the band.”
“Yeah?” They walked over to get some food. “There gonna be girls?”
Chapter 6
TORI and Lexie held tightly to Ben’s wrists so his hands didn’t slide out of his mittens. “One, two, three,” they sang out, pulling him up high in the air and dropping him to his feet.
Close to four inches of snow had fallen last night, and all three of them wanted to walk to church this morning. Their breath puffed out into the cold air and their boots crunched on the snow. They swung Ben up in the air again. This time he didn’t put his feet down so that he landed on his knees.
The equivalent of “Make a snow angel, Mommy,” came out in his broken toddler English.
“No, Benji,” Lexie scolded. “Stand up.” She brushed the snow off his dark blue corduroys. “We can play in the snow at Grandma and Grandpa’s. I don’t want you to get wet before Sunday School.”
After a minute, Ben complied, stomping his feet through the snow so it puffed up.
Tori kept thinking, I’m going to miss this. Then she had to remind herself, she would only live a few blocks farther away than she had before.
She smiled in the crisp morning air. What kind of magic was this — she wouldn’t have to give up anything when she got married, and she was gaining the whole world.
Lexie looked over at her. “What are you smiling at?”
Tori grinned. “Isn’t the world a beautiful place?”
Lexie shook her head and chuckled. “You’re drunk on love.”
Tori laughed out loud. “I know!”
“You’re so lame.” But her sister smiled when she said it.
“You know, you and Hayley and I made that no-men pact, but you two are the only people who aren’t telling me what a terrible mistake I’m making.” Tori had been waiting for one of them to say something. The suspense was killing her.
Lexie walked in silence for a moment or two. “It’s possible, I suppose, that out of the three or four billion men on this planet, not all of them are irredeemable jerks.”
Tori smiled. She knew Lexie tempered her language in front of Ben. What she meant was much worse.
“The older he gets,” Lexie nodded to her son, “the more I see how I can help him learn to be a good man. Kind, honest, compassionate, responsible.”
“Like Dad,” Tori said.
Lexie glanced over and gave her a quick smile. “Yeah, like Dad. But hopefully with a little more backbone.”
Tori didn’t want to argue with her. She vacillated between thinking Dixie was a control-freak or Danny was a push-over. She didn’t understand her parents’ marriage.
But she sure appreciated Lexie’s high praise — Joe fell into the category of “not an irredeemable jerk.”
When they got to church, he was waiting for her by the front door. He pulled her in for a quick kiss, making her giggle. Then he crouched down and held up his hand to Ben.
Ben high-fived him and laughed.
“Morning, Joe. Come on, Ben,
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