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“Why do you keep harping on that? Nothing’s up. Okay? Knock it off.”
“I will not knock it off ,” Grace responded. “You waltz up in here looking like some wild man on my child’s birthday,
and I’m not supposed to be concerned? You look like you’re high on something.”
Ed wanted to lash back at this stupid
cow, but he didn’t. He smiled instead,
and pulled her closer against him. “I’m
only high on our love,” he said to her.
“Oh, please,” Grace said in her own
irritable tone, and pulled away from him. Tommy saw that too. “Don’t
patronize me,” she added.
“Okay, okay,” Ed said. “I’m getting a little worried, to be honest
with you.”
Grace looked at him. “Worried about what?”
“Donors. I expected the GOP to get behind me by now
and provide the funds I’ll need to mount a successful campaign. But they aren’t making that move yet. They say they’re still weighing their
options. Weighing their options, as if
any of those other bums in the GOP primary could compete against a man of my
stature? But they aren’t ready to back
me yet. If I don’t get the backing of
the Republican Party, if I’m not seen as their guy, I’m going to need damn near
a miracle to win. Tens of millions of
dollars. It’s troubling, Grace, I admit
it. It’s bothering me.”
That at least made more sense to
Grace than his high on our love explanation, but it still seemed like he was telling her only part of the
truth. But the full truth would come out
eventually she knew. With Ed, it always
did.
After the ride was over and Destiny
ran over to the ice cream stand to get ice cream with her friends, Tommy made
his way toward Grace and Ed. Ed watched
Grace as she watched Tommy. She still
had a thing for lover boy, he didn’t care what she said. He’d heard how Tommy knew how to put it down
on the ladies, with some joking how they couldn’t walk for days after he did
his thing, and Ed believed it. He had
one of the largest penises around, and Grace enjoyed getting some from him, but
there was always that disconnect. There
was always that sense, whenever they made love, that she was thinking about
somebody else. About how Dapper Tom used
to put it on her, no doubt.
“Tommy, hey,” Ed said with a grand
smile as he extended his hand. “It’s
great to see you again.”
Tommy smiled and shook his hand. “How are you?” he asked. They were cordial with each other, but hardly
friendly. Mainly because Tommy just
couldn’t get there. Mainly because,
although his people could find nothing in Ed’s background that would give him
any pause, there was something about the man that just rubbed Tommy the wrong
way. It bothered him to such an extent
that he once told Grace that he did not ever want Destiny to be left alone with
Ed. Grace wanted to object vehemently. Ed was her husband and she trusted him. But because it was their daughter, their
precious baby, she knew she couldn’t take any chances. There were just too many horror stories out
there of men who women trusted with their lives, but that trust ended up
costing their babies their lives. She
agreed to the restriction and never allowed Destiny to be alone with Ed, or any
other man, besides Tommy.
“Great spread out here,” Ed
said. “I’m sure our little girl loves
this set up.”
Tommy still felt a twinge of
something whenever he referred to Destiny as his little girl too. But he
was her stepfather. “I think she likes
it,” he responded.
“What kid wouldn’t?” Ed asked. “She’s spoiled rotten, but who am I to say?”
“Exactly right,” Tommy said, staring
Ed in the eye with such a chilling stare that Ed almost flinched. But he knew Tommy. He knew that Tommy had a zero tolerance
policy when it came to anyone questioning how he handled his own daughter. Ed backed off.
“So,” Ed said,
“I will not knock it off ,” Grace responded. “You waltz up in here looking like some wild man on my child’s birthday,
and I’m not supposed to be concerned? You look like you’re high on something.”
Ed wanted to lash back at this stupid
cow, but he didn’t. He smiled instead,
and pulled her closer against him. “I’m
only high on our love,” he said to her.
“Oh, please,” Grace said in her own
irritable tone, and pulled away from him. Tommy saw that too. “Don’t
patronize me,” she added.
“Okay, okay,” Ed said. “I’m getting a little worried, to be honest
with you.”
Grace looked at him. “Worried about what?”
“Donors. I expected the GOP to get behind me by now
and provide the funds I’ll need to mount a successful campaign. But they aren’t making that move yet. They say they’re still weighing their
options. Weighing their options, as if
any of those other bums in the GOP primary could compete against a man of my
stature? But they aren’t ready to back
me yet. If I don’t get the backing of
the Republican Party, if I’m not seen as their guy, I’m going to need damn near
a miracle to win. Tens of millions of
dollars. It’s troubling, Grace, I admit
it. It’s bothering me.”
That at least made more sense to
Grace than his high on our love explanation, but it still seemed like he was telling her only part of the
truth. But the full truth would come out
eventually she knew. With Ed, it always
did.
After the ride was over and Destiny
ran over to the ice cream stand to get ice cream with her friends, Tommy made
his way toward Grace and Ed. Ed watched
Grace as she watched Tommy. She still
had a thing for lover boy, he didn’t care what she said. He’d heard how Tommy knew how to put it down
on the ladies, with some joking how they couldn’t walk for days after he did
his thing, and Ed believed it. He had
one of the largest penises around, and Grace enjoyed getting some from him, but
there was always that disconnect. There
was always that sense, whenever they made love, that she was thinking about
somebody else. About how Dapper Tom used
to put it on her, no doubt.
“Tommy, hey,” Ed said with a grand
smile as he extended his hand. “It’s
great to see you again.”
Tommy smiled and shook his hand. “How are you?” he asked. They were cordial with each other, but hardly
friendly. Mainly because Tommy just
couldn’t get there. Mainly because,
although his people could find nothing in Ed’s background that would give him
any pause, there was something about the man that just rubbed Tommy the wrong
way. It bothered him to such an extent
that he once told Grace that he did not ever want Destiny to be left alone with
Ed. Grace wanted to object vehemently. Ed was her husband and she trusted him. But because it was their daughter, their
precious baby, she knew she couldn’t take any chances. There were just too many horror stories out
there of men who women trusted with their lives, but that trust ended up
costing their babies their lives. She
agreed to the restriction and never allowed Destiny to be alone with Ed, or any
other man, besides Tommy.
“Great spread out here,” Ed
said. “I’m sure our little girl loves
this set up.”
Tommy still felt a twinge of
something whenever he referred to Destiny as his little girl too. But he
was her stepfather. “I think she likes
it,” he responded.
“What kid wouldn’t?” Ed asked. “She’s spoiled rotten, but who am I to say?”
“Exactly right,” Tommy said, staring
Ed in the eye with such a chilling stare that Ed almost flinched. But he knew Tommy. He knew that Tommy had a zero tolerance
policy when it came to anyone questioning how he handled his own daughter. Ed backed off.
“So,” Ed said,
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