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it stopped. Lonna glanced at the clock. “Oh, good.
He’s a few minutes early.”
    Abbie climbed off her lap. “What a treat.”
    “ I’m sorry, Abbie.”
    “ It’s not your fault.” She looked
into Lonna’s eyes. “I guess I’d better go hide in
my room.”
    “ You’re making me feel terrible.”
    “ I’m sorry. I don’t mean to. I just
wish I could spend the rest of my birthday with you.” She
leaned into Lonna and kissed her.
    “ I do, too.” Lonna placed a hand behind
Abbie’s head and pulled her back into another kiss, sliding her
tongue into Abbie’s mouth. Abbie moaned and climbed onto
Lonna’s lap, kissing her deeply and caressing her breasts
through the thin blouse.
    Outside, a car door slammed.
    Abbie sat up. “Fuckin’ shit!” The
expression on her face was one of pure fury.
    Lonna rubbed her arm, lovingly. “Honey, I’m
so sorry!”
    Abbie kissed her again, quickly, and then got to her
feet. “I’m sorry, too. You hang in there, Lonna. I
love you.”
    Lonna smiled. She had tears in her eyes. “I love
you, too.”
    Abbie disappeared into the hallway, leaving Lonna alone
on the couch. With Abbie gone, the room felt empty and dead.
    Lonna took a deep breath, trying to compose herself. As
the screen door opened, she wiped her eyes with the back of one hand.

    * * *

    “ Hey,” Rick said, stepping in. In his left
hand he held an empty coffee cup. “TV busted?”
    Lonna felt like she was in a bad movie. She tried to
feign a smile but couldn’t pull it off. “I thought we
were going out. I didn’t want to get caught up with
television.”
    He stopped in the center of the room, gazing at her. “I
don’t know if we’re going out or not.” His eyes
shifted around. “Abbie home yet?”
    “ I think she’s in her room.”
    “ She say anything to you?”
    “ Does she ever?”
    Rick shrugged. “We had a little fight this
morning. I’m not really sure about dinner anymore. We out of
vodka?”
    “ What’s that supposed to mean?”
    “ You’re usually drinking by now.”
    “ I thought we were going out. I didn’t know
not drinking would be a problem.”
    “ It’s not. Just unusual, that’s all.”
    Lonna got up. “Well, then I guess I’d
better make myself a drink.”
    “ That’s not what I meant.” He sighed.
“God, why do I even come home?”
    “ I don’t know,” Lonna muttered. She
stepped into the kitchen.
    Rick followed her. “What’s that supposed to
mean?” He crushed his coffee cup and threw it in the trash.
“Are you sure you didn’t talk to Abbie? You seem annoyed
with me, too.”
    The glasses she and Abbie had used for their morning
cocktails were still in the sink. It saddened Lonna to think their
wonderful morning together was now just a memory. She lifted one of
the glasses out and rinsed it under the tap. “You seemed
annoyed I wasn’t drinking.” She set the glass on the
counter and grabbed the bottle of vodka, twisting off the cap. It
was getting low, but there was another one in the cabinet.
    “ I was making a joke.”
    “ It didn’t sound like a joke. It was
mean-spirited.”
    Rick threw his hands up in exasperation. “Forget
it. Let’s start over. Are we going out to dinner, or are we
staying home?”
    Lonna got the ice cube tray from the freezer and began
plopping them into her glass. “How would I know? Isn’t
that between you and your daughter?”
    “You’re my wife. I thought I’d
include you in the decision.”
    “Well, it’s Abbie’s birthday. I
think it should really be her decision.” She brought the empty
tray to the sink and began running water into it. When it was full
she returned it to the freezer.
    Rick was stalling, trying to figure out what to do. It
was obvious he didn’t want to confront Abbie. “You said
she’s in her room?”
    “I’m guessing she is. I know she’s
home.”
    “You want to do me a little favor?”
    Lonna had retrieved the cranberry juice and was pouring
it into her glass. “Before