An Atomic Romance (2007)

Authors: Bobbie Ann Mason

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“It was lunchtime on Saturday, and the place was crowded. He found a tiny table, with a wadded napkin and a smear of ketchup on it. A family sat down at the table next to him—a small girl and boy, parents. The children snatched at their burger bags, but the father firmly held them out of reach.“You can’t have them till I get the prizes out,” he said. “I’m going to kill somebody if this doesn’t stop. Now sit down. Let me have those bags.”Reed cringed. He could remember being in the same scene, wh...en he had young kids.The man’s temper had sulled the wife into silence, Reed noticed. She calmly laid out her napkin, her knife, her fork, and opened her own bag of food. Her husband rummaged in the children’s bags, removed the cookies and the plastic toys, and then handed the bags to the children. “You can have these if you eat all your hamburgers,” he said.The children didn’t seem to notice their father’s murderous temper. “I wanted a ladybug, but I’ll get the tiger,”MoreLess Read More Read Less