“You actually called him that?”
“I was just-”
“Whatever.” My daughter shut the door. Xnx “You’re gonna love it.” He had given his present. She jumped and let it bounce of of her chest, smartly redirecting it to Aaron. “You’ll have to fake it, like every other mom in the world.” I suspected a psychologist could earn multiple Ph’Ds writing papers about Leland’s psyche, especially Freudian shrinks. “Never mind. Aaron agreed without enthusiasm. Peg whispered. “You okay, Hon?” I went to her. Fairchild. Three older teens coming back from a soccer match found us. “You’ve got a great body — for soccer!” The boy had terrible pick up lines and worse timing. Pick me up and drive us to a park I know at the north edge of the city. I had been told to wear a nice dress. She wished I was dead.
